Time for new dialogue and cooperation in mining - Addo-Kufuor Jr 17th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA Mr Kwame Addo-Kufuor Jr, President of the ECOWAS Federation of Chambers of Mines (EFEDCOM), has called for new approaches and stakeholder dialogues to create enabling environments to attract foreign and local investment into sustainable and responsible mining. He said the time had come to think differently on how to spawn and position local companies to actively participate in mining value chains by manufacturing and selling more to the industry with follow on benefits for other sectors of the local economy. Mr Addo-Kufuor Jr., who was speaking at the maiden Annual General Meeting of EFEDCOM held virtually, said the COVID pandemic provided a timely opportunity for Governments to do deep internal introspections of their domestic economies to identify areas of competitive advantage and endowment and think new and innovative ways of supporting them.