Gov’t lays mining local-content reforms before Parliament
The Ghanaian government has introduced legislative reforms to Parliament aimed at increasing local content and participation in the mining sector. These reforms seek to ensure that Ghanaian businesses gain more opportunities for contracts and technology transfer within the industry.
Why it matters
Strengthening local content laws is a critical strategy for developing nations to retain economic value and build domestic industrial capacity within the extractive industries.
Accra, Aug 18, GNA – The Government has laid proposed legislative reforms before Parliament to strengthen local content and participation in Ghana’s mining sector.
The move aims at increasing opportunities for Ghanaian businesses and retaining more value from mining activities within the domestic economy.
Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, made this known at the National Mining Dialogue 2026 in Accra on Tuesday.
He said the reforms formed part of efforts to strengthen the policy and legislative framework governing Ghanaian participation in the mining value chain.
The Deputy Minister explained that the Minerals Commission had already developed a Mining Local Content and Local Procurement Policy Framework to prioritise Ghanaian participation and provide a more structured basis for local businesses to benefit from mining activities.
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