Published August 16th, 2010 at 9:02 pm in Growing Green Footprints, agriculture with no comments
Tagged with Ghana, Glenn Meyers, mining, mining waste, Mohammed Bin Abubakar, newmont mining, Reclamation
Mohammed Bin Abubakar, explains nursery to writer, Glenn Meyers. Photo: Oteng Foster
As gardeners go, Mohammed Bin Abubakar holds a unique position. He has built a forest where once there were only rushed rocks and the unsightly remnants of an old gold mine.
He serves as the reclamation coordinator at Newmont Mining Corporation’s Brong Ahafo Gold Mine in Ghana which started production a few years ago. One Newmont employee, Gloria Dwummah-Adu, says Abubakar has made a beautiful forest out of this mining wasteland and that many should follow this model.
Fondly, she refers to this 75-acre site as “Bin’s garden.” Now birds sing and the shade from the rapidly growing forest is a welcome relief to all who enter these woods.
Abubakar’s reclamation work began some time ago when Australian-based Normandy Mining employed him. When Normandy was sold to Newmont in 2002, he began working for Newmont Ghana Gold, Ltd. This is a green, well-designed forest that invites exploration.
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Published January 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pm in Great Green Building Blocks, Growing Green Footprints with no comments
Tagged with Erosion Control, green solutions, Mohammed Bin Abubakar, Newmont G, Recycling, sustainability, Sustainable Development
As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to the environment and to sustainable development, Newmont Ghana is, under the supervision of Mohammed Bin Abubakar, the reclamation coordinator for Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine, employing a rather unique erosion control system.
Not content with the long-term environmental consequences associated with traditional plastic netting commonly used to control erosion around roads and waterways, Bin Abubakar sought a more responsible solution. What he came up with was a revolutionary project that forgoes plastic netting in favor of locally manufactured, biodegradable netting. Read more of this >>
Published January 12th, 2009 at 11:42 am in Great Green Building Blocks, Growing Green Footprints with no comments
Tagged with Environmental Responsibility, green solutions, Mohammed Bin Abubakar, Newmont Ghana, Reclamation, Social Responsibility, sustainability, Sustainable Development
Mohammed Bin Abubakar is the Reclamation Coordinator for Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo Mine in Ghana, west Africa. In this short piece below, he and others discuss the nursery he oversees for Newmont Ghana and the ways in which his efforts are helping Newmont to change the perceptions about mining in rural Ghana.
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