Ghana is to process its first lithium locally to ensure it maximizes its revenue from the metal, said Bloomberg News citing the country’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Jinapor.
“We will not export our green minerals in their raw form,” Jinapor said on the sidelines of the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway Africa forum in Morocco last week. “At the very least, we must participate at some level of the value chain” even if producing electric vehicles may not be realistic in the short term, he said.
Australian miner Atlantic Lithium expects to start production at Ghana’s first lithium mine in the second half of 2024, and the government is developing consistent policies on green minerals to attract investors, according to Jinapor.
