You can’t mine in the Atiwa Forest – Arocha Ghana tells Akufo-Addo
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The refined bauxite, he said, will produce alumina for the Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) smelter and the downstream aluminum industry as a whole.
President Akufo-Addo further stated that the making of roofing sheets, utensils, air crafts, and vehicles, among others from this mineral resource will boost Ghana’s industrialization agenda.
Speaking at the 67th Independence Day in Koforidua, he said, “We are finally coming to the end of decades of exporting raw bauxite from the country. We shall now refine bauxite, mined in Ghana, to produce alumina that will feed the VALCO smelter and the downstream aluminum industry, which is going to have a dramatic impact on Ghanaian industrialization when we produce parts for motor vehicles, air crafts, roofing sheets, and home utensils.”
Reacting to this on Radio1 Morning Show, Eli Hopeson, the project manager for Arocha Ghana, expressed grave concerns over the potential impact of bauxite mining on the Atiwa forest.
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He revealed that “Arocha Ghana, along with other organizations, has united to highlight the significance of the forest to Ghana and the global community”.Hopeson emphasized the importance of preserving the Atiwa forest and warned of dire consequences if it were to be destroyed for bauxite mining purposes.
Currently, “the case is being deliberated in court, determining the fate of the precious ecosystem”.
Source: Radiooneghana.com/Armah Paulina
