Gokay Group revive stone quarry in Ghana

…invests $24 million

into precious stone and sand mining

By Sammy Heywood Okine

When the National Democratic Congress (NDC) declared that it

was a political organization committed to contributing to the lives of majority

of the people, they were challenged by the opposition. Now it is real and true

that the NDC is for the people, and want the nation to reap from the natural

resources.

Through the ingenuity and business contacts of the Greater

Accra Regional Chairman of the party, investors have come from Turkey to revive

abundant quarries to adopt new computerized systems of mining precious stone

and sand.

Mr. Kobina Ade Coker is the brain behind the revival of the

quarry at the Shai Hills that has been reconstructed to add to the revenue

generation of the country and which will be officially commissioned on Tuesday July

24, 2012 in Ghana.

Speaking to yours truly at this office, he hinted that Gokay

Group realized the massive potentials of investing in Ghana and decided to pump

$24million into the quarry project.

The Turkey based company led by Terres Sukre have planned to

move to other sectors like cement production, power plantation and creation of

landing sites for small boats.

According to Mr. Ade Coker, Gokay Group, being one of the

rapidly growing industrial, service and investment groups in Turkey, started

its journey in 1998 when Gokay Mining was founded. In addition to mining

operation that is the core business of the company, Gokay Group also operate in

construction and chemicals industries and occupies 5 affiliated companies under

its structure.

Gokay Group of Companies provides remarkable contributions to

the national economy with its various investments in the homeland as well as abroad.

Gokay Group has achieved a prestigious position in both domestic and

international markets thanks to successful business partnerships with

international companies.

Gokay Group apply modern management techniques in its all

contracting and operation projects and considers timely delivery of the work as

a part of corporate policy as well as supplying best quality materials and

assigning highly qualified labour force for each project undertaken. Their mission

is to maintain the success story in their operation fields in full compliance

with national and internationals laws and regulations.

Defining its mission as supplying best quality products to

Turkish industry in parallel with the developing technologies through working

in a team spirit that aims at involvement and continuous development of the

employees, the company is dedicated to timely delivery and meeting customer

needs as well as quality assurance and most favourable economic prices.

In addition to mining activities that constitute core

business of Gokay Group, the company produces Iron Sulphate Heptahydrate in its

chemical facility located in Adapazari, Turkey and the company offers

transportation and earthwork services with its large vehicle and machinery

park.

The facility located in Adapazari does not produce Iron

Sulphate Heptahydrate as a byproduct; instead, it produces it completely using raw

materials. Therefore, the product is certified under various national and

international certification schemes and the purity level of iron sulphate is

warranted as 99.5 % at minimum. Being one of the rare producer companies in

Turkey and rest of the world that can offer such outstanding quality product, their

product is preferred by domestic and international cement factories for higher

quality and for Chrome VI reduction which is a requirement for exporting to

European Union member countries. This product is also used in pharmaceutical,

cosmetics and water treatment sectors in domestic and international markets

Gokay Group’s Iron Sulphate Heptahydrate product is certified

with TS EN.889 and ISO 9001:2000 certifications in Turkey. Furthermore, the

product has proved compliance with BP, EP and USP specifications at the end of

the analyses conducted by an accredited laboratory. Moreover, the iron sulphate

product was subjected to inspections by American Food and Drugs Administration

(FDA) and compliance for marketing in America was proved with 2 different

certificates (technical and pharmaceutical grade). Becoming a member of Registration,

Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), our Iron Sulphate

Heptahydrate product was

released in European market.

They produce iron ore from the mine located in Ferizli

(Adapazari, Turkey) and thus meet the ore needs of many cement factories in

Marmora Region. “We have met customer needs on timely and complete manner for 9

years utilizing our large vehicle and machinery park,” said a company

statement.

Gokay Group makes block stones from the mine located in

Karamursel (Izmit, Turkey) and the waste generated is re-used by cement

factories as an industrial raw material (Puzzalone). Again, this mine continues

its services for 6 years on time and complete with thanks to its comprehensive

vehicle fleet, construction machines and two ships used for marine

transportation.

In addition to those referred above, the company also

maintains its operations in Algeria. The company maintains its pickling

operations since 2008 in phosphate facility of Somiphos Company in Tebesa city

utilizing its vehicle and equipment park with 15 million m3 total capacity.

Furthermore, the Company produces 3 million tons of aggregate

in a year since 2006 on stone query located in Oran (Algeria) and sells it to

road contractors, cement plants and other relevant companies. The Ghana Group

officially starts operations from July 24, 2012.Credit: