Ghana advances plan for large-scale alumina refinery with proposal submission

An investor selection committee has been formed in Ghana that has delivered its findings on proposals to establish the country’s first large-scale alumina refinery, a development officials say could finally reverse decades of exporting raw bauxite while importing higher-value finished products at a premium. The committee formally handed its options analysis report to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, at a ceremony in Accra on Tuesday, 6 January.

The review followed an extensive assessment of bids submitted to the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), the state body created by Parliament in 2018 to steer the development of a globally competitive, integrated aluminum industry. Addressing stakeholders at the handover, Buah framed the refinery project as inseparable from