{
  "id": 10710892,
  "title": "President Mahama puts mining firms on notice over 2030 raw mineral ore export ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/president-mahama-puts-mining-firms-on-notice-over-2030-raw-mineral",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:20:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/president-mahama-puts-mining-firms-on-notice-over-2030-raw-mineral-ore-export-ban/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President John Mahama, Ghana's leader, has reiterated the country's commitment to halt the export of raw mineral ore by 2030, urging mining firms to commence local processing of ores. The pledge was reiterated at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where Mahama warned miners that they must begin primary and secondary processing of ores to comply with the new rules. Ghana mines a variety of minerals including gold, bauxite, manganese, and diamonds, with lithium production also in the pipeline. The 2030 deadline was first set in February 2025 at an Accra Reset event during the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. The initiative, known as the Accra Reset, aims to retain more value from Africa's resources by processing minerals locally. Mahama's latest remarks follow his UN General Assembly speech where he emphasized that Africa would process its minerals at home. As the ban transitions from a pledge to practice, the government has taken measures such as increasing royalties, increasing its share of gold output, and making local refining compulsory for some exports. The 2030 deadline falls after Mahama's term ends in January 2029, and the ban has not yet been codified into law. The Minerals and Mining Bill, which lays out provisions for prohibiting the export of unprocessed mineral concentrates, is still pending in parliament.",
  "summary": "President John Mahama has renewed Ghana's pledge to stop exporting raw mineral ore by 2030, telling mining companies to begin processing locally as new rules requiring more of the country's gold to be refined at home take hold.",
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        "title": "President Mahama puts mining firms on notice over 2030 raw mineral ore export ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/president-mahama-puts-mining-firms-on-notice-over-2030-raw-mineral-10714057",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}