The Governing Board of the of the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCO), led by H.E. Ambassador Horace Nii Ayi Ankrah, has held a strategic engagement meeting with the Management of the Company.
The meeting provided an opportunity for the board to engage Management on key operational, administrative, and strategic matters aimed at strengthening VALCO’s performance and advancing its mandate within Ghana’s industrial and manufacturing sector.
During the engagement, the board reaffirmed its commitment to providing strong leadership, policy direction, and effective oversight to support Management in repositioning VALCO as a critical driver of value addition, job creation, and economic growth.
Management, in turn, briefed the board on ongoing operations, prevailing challenges, and strategic plans for the future.
The engagement underscores a shared commitment by both the board and Management to work collaboratively towards ensuring long-term operational excellence and sustainable growth at VALCO.
VALCO is the country’s national aluminium smelter in Tema, established in 1967 as a key part of Ghana’s industrialization, linked to the Volta River Project and Akosombo Dam, and is now owned by the government through GIADEC (Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation).
The company anchor the nation’s integrated aluminium industry by processing local bauxite into value-added aluminium products for domestic and export markets, with plans for significant modernization and expansion.
For almost six decades, VALCO has been a cornerstone in Ghana’s journey toward developing a robust and integrated aluminium industry.
