9th Ghana Mining Industry Awards: Newmont is Mining Company of the Year 2023

Newmont Africa was on Friday, December 1, 2023, adjudged the Mining Company of the Year, at the 9th Ghana Mining Industry Awards (GMIA) put together by the Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) in Accra.

Mining Company of the Year is awarded to a firm that has excelled in sustainable environmental management, occupational health and safety, corporate social investment, mining innovation and fiscal contribution to the state, among others.

Director of Communications and External Relations at Newmont, David Johnson, said in an interview that the year 2023 has been a very good one for the company. He said though Newmont picked a number of awards during last year’s ceremony, the company missed out on the Mining Company of the year. However, through extra hard work they have ensured that the story is different this year.

“We will work harder to maintain the title we let our guards down,” he noted.

Newmont also picked up a couple of awards in the environmental, Innovation and other categories.

The company was the overall winner in the Best Environmental Management category. Again, its Ahafo Mine emerged second runner up in the Corporate Social Investment category, while Newmont Akyem Mine emerged winner in the same category.

In the Diversity category, Newmont Ahafo Mine was second runner up, while its Akyem Mine was first runner up.

The 2023 event also had AngloGold Ashanti’s Senior Vice President, Africa (Non-operated JVs), Eric Asubonteng, emerging as the mining personality of the year in the President’s Award category.

Lifetime Achievement Award went to former deputy Minister of Finance, Mona Quartey.

The Best Female Miner of the Year (technical and non-technical) went to Charlotte Fafa Tay Senyo, Senior Manager, Sustainability Projects at Newmont Corporation – Ahafo Mine and Ing. Ellen Serwaa Kontoh, Senior Manager, Asset Management at Anglogold Ashanti Limited.

In his address, president of the Ghana Chamber of Mines Joshua Mortoti, urged the government to take a critical look at the mining fiscal tax regime in the country.

“We would like to reiterate our commitment to supporting the government in its pursuit of socio-economic development. However, we wish to urge the government to deepen collaboration with the industry for mutually beneficial policies to drive growth at all levels.

“We urge the government to relook the mining fiscal tax regime, especially concerning exploration. As we have said before, without exploration our industry will grind to a halt,” Mortoti said.