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Lead report / MiningUpdated 12:30 GMT · 5 min

Gold for export must now be refined in Ghana. Who pays?

From 1 September, a class of licensed gold buyers can no longer ship unrefined metal out of the country. The Ghana Gold Board says they or their trading partners must pay for local refining first, but has not said what that will cost.

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Energy

Petrol and diesel floors rise for 1–16 September as crude costs outweigh the cedi

The National Petroleum Authority raised the petrol floor to GH¢14.53 a litre and diesel to GH¢15.60 for the first September pricing window. Oil marketers project higher pump prices even though the cedi strengthened, because international product costs rose faster.

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Economy

Ghana’s economy grew 6.4% in Q1. ICT and mining did most of the lifting

Provisional Ghana Statistical Service figures show real GDP up 6.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026. Services contributed nearly half of that growth, led by a 25.2% surge in information and communication; the data do not show how households shared the gain.

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