Diamonds from rebel-controlled areas of Ivory Coast are being smuggled into Ghana, violating United Nations sanctions and an international industry-wide certification scheme, according to a UN ...

Chronicle intelligence has picked up information that the precarious situation of Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) Ltd, the largest diamond mine in sub-Sahara Africa can be pinned to the reckless ...

THE WORLD Diamond Council has given Ghana three months to strengthen its internal controls to comply with the Kimberley Process or face possible sanction by the body. Under the Kimberley Process ...

An international group that is trying to end the trade in conflict, or blood, diamonds says Ghana has agreed to tighten controls over its diamond exports. The group has been meeting in Botswana to ...

Akwatia, Nov. 30, GNA - With effect from November 24,this year, Ghana could not export diamonds unless the diamonds were inspected by experts of the World Diamond Council (WDC). The WDC experts ...

Ghana's gold production could increase by around 6.25% to approximately 5.1 million ounces in 2025, up from last year's ...

The officials of the WDC, Messrs Rodney Baynard, Andrew Coxon, Antony Dear and Niklas Bjerie, are in the country on a routine inspection of Ghana’s diamonds to ensure that they are not from ...

Ghana was one of the largest producers of diamonds in the world from the 1950s to the 1970s. Production now averages 150m carats a year, with most mining concentrated in the Birim River field. For ...

Indeed, gold regularly accounts for nearly half of gross merchandise exports. Ghana also has commercially exploited deposits of manganese, bauxite and diamonds, with these being joined by new lithium ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Diamonds from rebel-controlled areas of Ivory Coast are being smuggled into Ghana, violating UN sanctions ...