Fifty -nine employees of AngloGold Ashanti’ (AGA) have successfully graduated from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration’s (GIMPA) at its 12th Congregation ceremoney
The employees were awarded the Post Graduate Diploma
in Leadership and Management, and the Post Graduate Certificate in
Administration and Management.
Mr. Hussein Abugri, Deputy Managing Director at AGA’s Obuasi Mine, congratulating the staff said: “Training and development is a priority for AGA. Ensuring that we have the right people with the right skills and knowledge in the right roles to execute work safely and effectively is critical.
Mr. Hussein Abugri, Deputy Managing Director at AGA’s Obuasi Mine, congratulating the staff said: “Training and development is a priority for AGA. Ensuring that we have the right people with the right skills and knowledge in the right roles to execute work safely and effectively is critical.
“Our partnership with GIMPA for tailor-made and
accredited post-graduate programmes has contributed significantly to capacity
building in middle and senior management at AGA in Ghana, Guinea and Mali.”
He said the current transformation of AGA mines in the country’s mining sector is aimed at positing the company as the leading mining company in the world and that it would need qualified and experienced people to enable it achieve its objectives and become the preferred brand.
The gold miner, employs over 9000 people, and has been a partner with GIMPA since 2009. This programme has successfully graduated over 200 AGA employees with qualified human capital to grow the mine.
He said the current transformation of AGA mines in the country’s mining sector is aimed at positing the company as the leading mining company in the world and that it would need qualified and experienced people to enable it achieve its objectives and become the preferred brand.
The gold miner, employs over 9000 people, and has been a partner with GIMPA since 2009. This programme has successfully graduated over 200 AGA employees with qualified human capital to grow the mine.
The staff have completed the Intermediate Management
Development Programme (IMDP) and Management Development Programme (MDP)
qualifications at University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa; between
2004 and 2011.
Over the same period, AGA spent more than US $9
million on the training and development of its Ghanaian employees at polytechnics
and universities, in Ghana and abroad.
AGA has also been offering apprenticeship programmes since 2004 at its two operations in Ghana, at its own cost. The apprenticeships are offered to new graduates from the polytechnics, vocational schools and the universities, mostly from the communities where AGA operates.
AGA has also been offering apprenticeship programmes since 2004 at its two operations in Ghana, at its own cost. The apprenticeships are offered to new graduates from the polytechnics, vocational schools and the universities, mostly from the communities where AGA operates.
They deliver practical training opportunities in
mining, engineering and general management. The total training and development
spend amounts to about US $1.5 million per annum.
AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company and the world’s third largest gold producer.
AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company and the world’s third largest gold producer.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa,
AngloGold Ashanti has 20 operations on four continents and one of the gold
industry’s most successful exploration teams which work across both the
established and new gold producing regions of the world.
This includes land positions in Colombia, Egypt,
Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands, among others.
AngloGold Ashanti employed 61,242 people, including
contractors, in 2011 and produced 4.33Moz of gold, generating $6.6billion in
gold income.
Capital
expenditure in 2011 amounted to $1.5bn. As at 31 December 2011, AngloGold
Ashanti’s Ore Reserve totalled 75.6Moz.
The primary listing of the company’s ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited (JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on stock exchanges in London and Ghana, as well as being quoted in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia, in the form of CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depositary Shares (GhDSs).
The primary listing of the company’s ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited (JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on stock exchanges in London and Ghana, as well as being quoted in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia, in the form of CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depositary Shares (GhDSs).
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