Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) sacks over 300 workers





Ghana Manganese Company GMC on Thursday made over 300 staff redundant and suspended their operation with immediate effect, saying the business was “not sustainable” in its current.

The company blamed inflation, the Russian Ukraine war and increasing competition as the reason for the lay-offs, despite record operating profits.


GMC owns and operates the Nsuta manganese mine in the western region of Ghana. GMC holds a mining concession for manganese over an area of 175 square kilometres in and around Nsuta in the Western Region of Ghana, less than 3% of which has been mined to date. GMC ore is one of the highest manganese-to-iron ratio ores in the market (Mn:Fe ~31) and is low in phosphorous, alumina and other heavy metal impurities, making it well-suited for both alloy and manganese metal production.

Nsuta is in very close proximity to Tarkwa, which is a well-established mining center due to the large gold mining activities around it.


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