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  2. Salt industry in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    In 2002, the Minister of Mines, Kwadwo Adjei-Darko spoke at a salt mining site in Mendskrom, near the Weija Barrier, about increasing production in Ghana: "Besides, it is equally important that we add value to the salt and think of converting it into other chemical products to enable us meet international competitors like Brazil and Australia ...

  3. Mining industry of Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Ghana's mining sector produces minerals such as bauxite, manganese, natural gas, petroleum, salt, silver and diamonds. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2020, the country produced approximately 1.16 million metric tons of bauxite, ranking it among Africa's top bauxite exporters.

  4. Pambros Salt - Wikipedia

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    Panbros Salt Production Limited is a Ghana-based salt production company known for being the largest salt producer in West Africa. The company was established in 1958 by Gerasimos Panagiotopoulos a Greek national and is located in Mendskrom , Ghana.

  5. Daboya, Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Daboya was an important salt trading settlement in the Kingdom of Dagbon. [5] [6] In the late 1600s, it was invaded and is now under Gonja control. [7]Its glorious days of salt production are now in the past, especially as large scale salt mining industries, such as Electrochem, are established at Ada.

  6. Trans-Saharan trade - Wikipedia

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    Northern economies were short of gold but at times controlled salt mines such as Taghaza in the Sahara, whereas West African countries like Wangara had plenty of gold but needed salt. Taghaza, a trading and mining outpost where Ibn Battuta recorded the buildings were made of salt, rose to preeminence in the salt trade under the hegemony of the ...

  7. Category:Mines in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Gold mines in Ghana (8 P) T. Mining Towns in Ghana (4 P) This page was last edited on 2 November 2019, at 04:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. Taghaza - Wikipedia

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    Taghaza (Arabic: تاغزة) (also Teghaza) is an abandoned salt-mining centre located in a salt pan in the desert region of northern Mali.It was an important source of rock salt for West Africa up to the end of the 16th century when it was abandoned and replaced by the salt-pan at Taoudenni which lies 150 km (93 mi) to the southeast.

  9. Mineral industry of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The second-largest mineral industry in the world is the mineral industry of Africa, which implies large quantities of resources due to Africa being the second largest continent, with 30.37 million square kilometres of land.With a population of 1.4 billion living there, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies for many African countries and remain keys ...