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Obuasi

(ōbwä`sē), town (1984 pop. 60,617), S central Ghana. Highly concentrated gold ore is mined, and there are gold-extraction plants. Gold was mined in Obuasi by indigenous peoples as early as the 17th cent. From the late 1890s it was developed by Europeans into a modern mining town. Operating since 1965, it remains Ghana's only privately owned mine.

Obuasi

a city in Ghana, in Ashanti Province. Population, 40,000 (1970). Railroad station on the Accra-Kumasi line. Obuasi is the center of a gold-mining region.

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Summary: Local miners in Obuasi are feeling the pain of falling prices, as the country looks to re-energise its lucrative mining sector.

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Pour ses debuts en ligue des champions africaine, le MOB s'est incline, hier, a Obuasi (Ghana) face a l'Ashanti Gold (1-0) a l'issue de la premiere manche du tour preliminaire.

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At the same time, Moody's said it was too early to tell what impact of the recently announced Obuasi mine redevelopment project would have, making it credit neutral.