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Bauxite mining in Ghana yɛɛ bɔksaɛt tɔns bɛyɛ 708,000 wɔ 2021 mu.[1][2]

Ne Dwumadzi Ahorow

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Bauxite yɛ Ghana aboɔ tsitsir a wɔdze yɛ aluminium, na odzi dwuma wɔ ɔman ne mfirdwuma mu. Bauxite a wotu wɔ Ghana no mu dodowara na wɔdze yɛ alumina, na afei wɔyɛ no yie ma ɔyɛ aluminium.[3]

Abakɔsɛm

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Bauxite a wotu wɔ Ghana ho abakɔsɛm no hyɛ ase wɔ afeha a ɔtɔ do 20 ahyɛse. Wodzii kan huu bauxite wɔ ɔman no mu wɔ afe 1921 mu wɔ Awaso, wɔ Anee-Etsifi Mantɔw mu. Edwuma a odzi kan no hyɛɛ ase wɔ 1940 afe no mu, na Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) na ɔhwɛɛ bauxite a woyi na ma wɔdze kɔ amannɔne no do fitsi dɛm ber no.[4]

Afe 2018 mu no, wɔdze Mbrahyɛbagua ne Mbra bi na ɔhyehyɛɛ Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), wɔ Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation Act, 2018 (Act 976) ase. Wɔhyɛɛ dɛm mbrɛ yi dɛ wɔdze bɔhwɛ na wɔdze edzi dwuma wɔ aban no enyidoadzehun a ɔnye dɛ wɔbɛma aluminum edwuma a wɔaka abom enya nkɔdo wɔ Ghana, a ne botae nye dɛ wɔbɛdan bauxite edwuma no ayɛ no boɔ a wɔaka abom koraa, a ma ɔka ho nye aluminum a wotu, siesie, na aluminum ndzɛmba a wɔyɛ.[5][6][7][8]

Beebi a Wɔdze Sie

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Awaso wɔ atɔeɛ Anee-Etsifi Mantɔw mu na ɔyɛ Ghana mbea a woetu famu egudze akyɛ paa no mu kor, na woebu akonta dɛ ndzɛmba a wɔdze esie no yɛ metric tɔn ɔpepem 60 (mmt). Egudze edwuma no aboa ndzɛmba a wɔdze kɔ amannɔne no tsitsir mfe du du biara.[9][10][11][12]

Esuantse Mantɔw no Nyinahin no kitsa Ghana bauxite a ɔwɔ hɔ no mu ndzɛmba a ɔso sen obiara, na wobu akontaa dɛ ɔyɛ 700 mmt.[13][14][15][16]


Kyebi, a ɔwɔ Epuei Mantɔw mu no, wɔ bɛyɛ 160 mmt a wɔdze esie na wɔayɛ nhyehyɛɛ dɛ wobenya daakye nkɔdo.[17][18][19]


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