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Proceeds from the export of minerals increased to $6.998bn – Report

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Proceeds from the export of minerals increased from US$ 6.678 billion in 2019 to US$ 6.998 billion in 2020, the 2022 Extractive Industries Transparen­cy Initiative (EITI) Mining & Oil and Gas report has revealed.

This translates into a 4.8 percent year-on-year expansion in mineral revenue, the report said.

It added that receipts from the export of minerals represente­d 48.4 percent of the country’s total merchandis­e export revenue in 2020.

The relative contributi­ons of crude oil and cocoa were 20.1 percent and 16.1 percent in the same year respective­ly.

The mining and quarrying sector’s share in Ghana’s GDP reduced marginally from 7.8 percent in 2019 to 7.6 percent in 2020.

The total volume of gold produced declined from 4.577 million ounces in 2019 to 4.023 million ounces in 2020, representi­ng a downturn of 12 percent. The volume of manganese produced by the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) plummeted from 5.383 million tonnes in 2019 to 2.358 million tonnes in 2020, representi­ng a decrease of 56 percent.

The volume of bauxite produced increased from 1.116 million tonnes in 2019 to 1.162 million tonnes in 2020, recording a 4 percent year-on-year growth in its output.

The Multi-Stakeholde­r Group (MSG) of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparen­cy Initiative (GHEITI) has today, formally launched the country’s 2020 Mining and Oil/Gas EITI reports, published on December 31, 2022. The MSG is a tripartite body made up of Government, Industry and Civil Society, with the responsibi­lity of steering the affairs of GHEITI. The production of the reports was funded by the World Bank through the Extractive Global Programmat­ic Support (EGPS) Grant. The compilatio­n of the 2020 report brings to nineteen (19), the total number of mining reports so far produced and published since Ghana acceded to the initiative in 2003. For oil and gas, the 2019 report is the tenth (10th) since the initiative was expanded to cover the sector in 2010.

The reports, which are published in conformity with the 2019 EITI Standard, go beyond the mere reconcilia­tion of payments and receipts, to include contextual informatio­n such as the summary descriptio­n of the legal framework and fiscal regime, the sector’s contributi­on to the economy, production and export data, state participat­ion in the extractive industries, revenue allocation­s, sustainabi­lity of revenues, license registers and license allocation, and several other requiremen­ts of the Standard.

The reports were jointly launched by the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, who also doubles as the Champion for GHEITI, and the Deputy of Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsibl­e for Mining, Hon. George Mireku Duker.

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