Ing. Henry Antwi (Fellow, AusIMM)
(Chairman)
Ing. Henry Antwi is an Australian based Mining Engineer and Mineral Economist with a demonstrated history of working in the mining and metals industry. His work experience is reflective of his education in its diversity. He started his career as Official Learner at the then Ashanti Goldfields, Obuasi Mine (now part of the AngloGold Ashanti Group) prior to gaining company sponsorship to pursue Mining Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Mines (now University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana) and Camborne School of Mines, England where he obtained his Bachelors’ Degree. During his working period with Ashanti Goldfields, he participated in exchange attachments with Datamine International in London and Campbell Red Lake Mine in Canada. He later left the Ashanti Mine to take on a Teaching Assistant role while pursuing Masters’ Degree in Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. He also studied Business Administration at Curtin University in Australia.
He has traveled quite extensively and worked in various roles in Ghana, United States, England, Canada, Australia and the Sultanate of Oman spanning from mining engineering, mineral economics, operational improvement, consulting, mineral processing, mergers and acquisitions, mining policy and investment analysis. Some of the companies he has worked include Ashanti Goldfields, Ghana; BHP – in their US and Australia operations; Campbell Red Lake Mine Canada; AME Mineral Economics, Australia; Runge Consulting, Australia; Thiess Ltd, Australia; Sedgman Ltd, Australia; Oman Oil Company and Minerals Development Oman.
Henry has served on various Executive Committees and Boards in Canada, Australia, Sultanate of Oman and Ghana mainly in Mining and Metals but diversified into other sectors and joined the Advisory Board of Thrivus Institute for Biomedical Science and Technology. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (the AusIMM), founder and sponsor of the Tarkwa Chapter of the AusIMM and a recipient of the AusIMM 2021 Resources Sector Award for his contribution to the global mining sector and his advisory support to various governments.
He has written a number of papers including co-author of Chapter 41 – Mine Business Planning and Management of the Australasian Coal Mining Practice, Monograph 12, AusIMM, Australia. In an effort to share his career experience, he has published a book “Navigating Career Challenges in the International Mining Industry; The Journey of a Mining Engineer (October 2020). During his visits to Ghana, he makes time to provide lectures at the University of Mines and Technology.