ENTEBBE (Reuters) - In a refinery just outside Uganda's main airport, workers slip bars of freshly refined gold into clear plastic bags sealed with a sticker of the national flag - black, yellow and ...

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has signed a landmark gold refining agreement with Gold Coast Refinery on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, marking a major step towards deepening value addition within Ghana’s ...

The first large-scale gold mine in Uganda has opened, marking a significant step towards the country's goal of becoming a key gold producer and exporter. The $250m Chinese-owned project, located in ...

Ghana has taken a major step in its gold industry by beginning to refine gold locally, a move the government hopes will help the country earn more foreign exchange and keep more value from its mineral ...

The Ghana Gold Board Tuesday has signed an agreement with Gold Coast Refinery Limited to locally refine gold as part of efforts to add value before export. The agreement, part of Government’s drive to ...

Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world, according to a report ...

Ghana is set to begin refining its own gold from February 1, 2026, following a landmark agreement between the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) and Gold Coast Refinery. At the signing ceremony on Tuesday, ...

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced plans to supply refined gold and silver directly to licensed jewellers, following the commencement of local refining in partnership with Gold Coast ...

In 2016, archaeologists working at a dig site in Bulgaria came across a tiny but significant find: A gold bead measuring about an eighth of an inch in diameter, which scientists believe may be the ...

In a refinery just outside Uganda's main airport, workers slip bars of freshly refined gold into clear plastic bags sealed with a sticker of the national flag - black, yellow and red - and the label ...