Hon. K.T. Hammond

02 Oct

Get Licensed Or Shut Down – Trade Minister Directs Cement Producers

Wontumi1Businesscement, Hon. K.T. Hammond, Trade Minister

The Minister of Trade and Industry, K. T. Hammond, has directed cement manufacturers to secure licences or halt production immediately. The minister issued the directive last Tuesday to the Cement Manufacturing Development Committee (CMDC), set up last year to regulate the industry, for prompt enforcement. The directive follows the coming into force of the Ghana Standards Authority’s Manufacture of Cement Regulation, 2023, (L.I. 2480), which mandates existing companies to re-register and secure a licence and prohibits new factories without a licence from operating. Throwing light on the new regime, the Director-General of the GSA, Professor Alex Dodoo, who chairs the…

30 Jun

Government Urged To Support Companies To Produce Degreasing Materials Locally

Wontumi2BusinessHon. K.T. Hammond

The government must support companies in the country to produce degreasing materials for oil cleaning services for the downstream petroleum sector locally, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bidi Group of Companies, Mr Benjamin Armstrong has said. That, he said, would help reduce the importation of such products into the country and help create jobs for the youth Mr Armstrong made the call in Accra on Friday during the launch of Bioblast disinfectant and heavy duty cleaner for the health, food and transport sector. The two cleaning products which are produced from natural and biodegradable products such as sea water…