Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cade, Edward
- Smith & Cade
- Lonrho Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Accra, Ghana
Sectors:
-
Extraction
Gold extraction
Notes:
Established 1897 in London as a public company to acquire concession to mine gold in Ghana (Gold Coast). Promoters led by Edwin Cade of the London merchants, Smith & Cade. In late 1960s acquired by Lonrho (London & Rhodesia Mining & Land Co Ltd) and delisted. 1972 Ghana government acquired a majority shareholding and headquarters moved from London to Accra. 1994 company refloated in London and also in Accra, later New York, when government disposed of c25% of its interest. Continues
Publications:
- Ashanti Gold. The African legacy of the world's most precious metal by Ayensu, Edward S
- Business of decolonization. British business strategies in the Gold Coast by Stockwell, Sarah
- Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp, 1895-2004. Land, capital, labour and enterprise by Afrifa Taylor, Ayowa O
- 'Edwin Cade and Frederick Gordon. British imperialism and the foundations of Ashanti Goldsfields Corp, West Africa' in R E Dumett (ed), Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870-1945. Entrepreneurship, high finance, politics and territorial expansion by Dumett, Raymond E
- From Primeval Forest to the Twentieth Century. A study of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd, 1895-1905 by Payne, Joyce R
- Lonhro. Portrait of a multinational by Cronje, Suzanne, Margaret Ling & Gillian Cronje
- Short History of Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd by Turner, G W Eaton
- Sources for mining company history in Africa. The history and records of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp (Ghana) Ltd by Dumett, Raymond E
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cade, Edward
- Smith & Cade
- Lonrho Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Accra, Ghana
Sectors:
- Extraction Gold extraction
Notes:
Established 1897 in London as a public company to acquire concession to mine gold in Ghana (Gold Coast). Promoters led by Edwin Cade of the London merchants, Smith & Cade. In late 1960s acquired by Lonrho (London & Rhodesia Mining & Land Co Ltd) and delisted. 1972 Ghana government acquired a majority shareholding and headquarters moved from London to Accra. 1994 company refloated in London and also in Accra, later New York, when government disposed of c25% of its interest. ContinuesPublications:
- Ashanti Gold. The African legacy of the world's most precious metal by Ayensu, Edward S
- Business of decolonization. British business strategies in the Gold Coast by Stockwell, Sarah
- Economic History of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp, 1895-2004. Land, capital, labour and enterprise by Afrifa Taylor, Ayowa O
- 'Edwin Cade and Frederick Gordon. British imperialism and the foundations of Ashanti Goldsfields Corp, West Africa' in R E Dumett (ed), Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870-1945. Entrepreneurship, high finance, politics and territorial expansion by Dumett, Raymond E
- From Primeval Forest to the Twentieth Century. A study of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd, 1895-1905 by Payne, Joyce R
- Lonhro. Portrait of a multinational by Cronje, Suzanne, Margaret Ling & Gillian Cronje
- Short History of Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd by Turner, G W Eaton
- Sources for mining company history in Africa. The history and records of the Ashanti Goldfields Corp (Ghana) Ltd by Dumett, Raymond E