{"id":67748,"date":"2024-02-28T18:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=67748"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:51:22","slug":"export-of-bauxite-in-raw-state-to-be-prohibited-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/export-of-bauxite-in-raw-state-to-be-prohibited-akufo-addo","title":{"rendered":"Export of bauxite in raw state to be prohibited \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Akufo-Addo has announced that his administration will soon present a Legislative Instrument before Parliament to prohibit the export of bauxite in its raw state.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The President said this forms part of the country\u2019s effort to intensify its industrialization drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Speaker, to spur our industrialisation, we are implementing the Four Project Agenda of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), with Projects 1 and 2 having, already, taken off, and last month, we signed an agreement for the implementation of Project. We will lay before this august House, at this First Meeting of this Session of Parliament, a Legislative Instrument to prohibit the export of bauxite in its raw state,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said while delivering his last but one State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the 8th Parliament on February 27.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201cWe are, also, in the concluding phase of discussions for the establishment of a four hundred and fifty million US dollar (US$450 million) refinery to refine the manganese we produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. President Akufo-Addo has announced that his administration will soon present a Legislative Instrument before Parliament to prohibit the export of bauxite in its raw state. 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