According to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana will soon start producing salt on a large scale.
He credits this progress to the Electrochem Salt Mine Limited-led Ada Songhor Salt project, which he says will drastically alter the Ghanaian economy.
After years of disagreements that hampered the site’s ability to extract salt, the project has finally begun, the President of Ghana announced on March 6, the 67th Independence Day, in Koforidua, Eastern Region.
“The other major project that is coming on stream, which is bound to make a dramatic change to the economy, is the Ada Songhor Salt project, being spearheaded by Electrochem Salt Mine Ltd, led by the dynamic Ghanaian entrepreneur, Mr. Daniel McKorley, aka McDan. After many years of disputes, which prevented the exploitation of salt at the site, work has finally started and salt will be mined on a large commercial scale,” he announced.
President Akufo-Addo added that, with a projected production capacity of two million metric tonnes by 2027, Electrochem Salt Mine is set to become Africa’s largest salt production facility.
“With its initial ability to produce some six hundred and fifty thousand metric tons (650,000 MT) of salt per annum, and expanding its productive capacity to one million metric tonnes this year, and to two million metric tonnes by 2027, at ninety-nine-point-nine-nine-percent (99.99%) purity, the Electrochem Salt Mine will be the biggest salt producing facility in Africa. These are figures that should spell a significant change in the economy, and cheer us up,” he stated.
