Mining company assists university

Story: Kwame Asiedu Marfo, Tarkwa
10/03/08
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti (Iduapriem Mine) has donated Uniazial and Triazial Compression Testing equipment worth (£60,000) to the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa. The equipment is used for testing the strength of rocks.
At a brief ceremony to present the equipment at a ceremony at Tarkwa, the Managing Director of the company, Mr David Kwesi Renner, said the university was one of the company’s constituents, so it had to contribute to its development, as well as the training of the students.
“We decided to look for equipment to be used for the training of students and we settled on this equipment,” he said.
Mr Renner said the equipment would also generate revenue for the university.
He expressed the hope that the equipment would be put to good use for the benefit of the students and the university.
The Pro Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Newton Atta Amegbey, expressed his gratitude to the mining company for the donation.
He said the equipment would assist in the teaching and research activities of the institution.
Professor Amegbey acknowledged that the Ghana Chamber of Mines had assisted the university in diverse ways.
“We are here for the mining industry and we assure you that we will use the equipment judiciously,” he said.