The Governing Board of the Volta Aluminium 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.

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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 Ghana’s national aluminium smelter, located in Tema. It was established in 1967 as a key component of Ghana’s industrialisation agenda, linked to the Volta River Project and the Akosombo Dam, and is currently owned by the Government of Ghana through the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC).

The company anchors the nation’s integrated aluminium industry by processing local bauxite into value-added aluminium products for both domestic and export markets, with plans for significant modernisation and expansion.

For nearly six decades, VALCO has remained a cornerstone of Ghana’s efforts to develop a robust and integrated aluminium industry.