Asante, Ben(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa., 2023-08)
Crude oil spillages on the oceans cause huge financial losses to businesses and harm to the
environment and the species that depend on the oceans for survival. In order to cut down the
losses caused by spillages, ...
Yakah, Noah(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa., 2023-10)
The annual solid waste generation worldwide is estimated to be 2.01 billion tonnes,
however, this is expected to increase to about 3.4 billion tonnes by the year 2050. Again,
the estimated per capita waste generation ...
Seckley, Emmanuel Mawuli(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa., 2023-10)
This study investigated the potential of producing automobile disc brake pads in Ghana
using environmentally friendly local materials, namely Periwinkle Shell Powder (PSP),
Coconut Shell Ash (CSA), and kaolin (K), as ...
Ocloo, Selase Kwaku(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-10)
This thesis aims to enhance the modelling capabilities of the Gompertz, Fr´echet, and
Burr XII distributions using the harmonic mixture G family. These classical distributions are widely used in various fields to represent ...
Dzivor, Nelson Doe(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-07)
One of the recently developed probability distributions which are gaining popularity in
modelling is a two-parameter Janardan distribution. However, Janardan distribution is
discovered to be limited in controlling ...
Agyarko, Kofi(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-10)
This study aimed to propose the BSGARCH (1,1) model, a hybrid Basis Spline
GARCH-type model suitable for modelling the volatility of nancial time series.
The proposed model was compared with other classical GARCH-type ...
Osei-Asibey, Eunice(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-04)
In this thesis, a six-parameter alternative to the Generalised Linear Model was developed to
account for nonnormality, unobserved factors in the form of random effect, interdependence
of and heterogeneity among respondents. ...
Owusu, Damianus Kofi(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-10)
Despite the rapid advancement in the development of hybrid ensemble Machine Learning
(ML) techniques in malignancy management, recurrence and mortality from Head and Neck
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) subtypes have ...
Borbor, Bridget Sena(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-10-01)
Globally, unemployment constitutes a major socio-economic concern and Ghana cannot
escape its threats. The absence of jobs and its creation as always hunted by individuals
who legitimately fall within the labour force ...
Osei, Linda Bentuma(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2023-10-01)
Water treatment methods, including adsorption by nanoparticles, is an efficient method for
contaminant removal in wastewater. Nanoparticles used for water treatment incorporate
nanoparticles in micro-matrices, which ...
Botchway, Belinda Ivy(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2022-02)
The increasing usage of software in all fields of life, including safety-critical departments
of organisations has necessitated the need for the development of quality software. Although
software quality is of paramount ...
Adu, Shiphrah Ohene(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2022-02)
The issue of corrosion has been an inevitable canker that keeps affecting all facets of human
lives; from industry, utilities, transport, production, to manufacturing fields. Issues of
corrosion in sectors like oil, ...
Seidu, Jamel(University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, 2022-09)
The Tarkwa mining area, which forms part of the Ankobra River basin has over 100 years of
history of mining, predominantly gold and manganese. Two main rivers that drain the area are
the Huni River to the north and the ...
Dzimah, Emmanuel(University of Mines and Technology, 2020-06)
In Ghana alone, Newmont Ghana owns two subsidiaries, Newmont Ghana Gold Limited which operate the Ahafo North and South project and Newmont Golden Ridge Limited which operate the Akyem mine. The Ahafo South mine which has ...
Ackom-Ghansah, Michael(University of Mines and Technology, 2020-07)
Obtaining a good fragmentation for every blast remains an ever-important discussion in the mining parlance as it is the first step towards mineral recovery. Achieving the required fragment sizes with the maximum size (p100 ...
Teye, Emmanuel Kofi(University of Mines & Technology, 2021-10)
Thin and polished sections of thirty-six rock samples from Amoanda Pit in the Tarkwaian
showed that the banket footwall quartzites contain mainly quartz, chlorite, plagioclase,
amphibole and minor sericite, epidote, ...
Balegha, Mohammed Mwene Soma(University of Mines and Technology, 2019-05)
Tarkwa Gold Mine (TGM) is depleting its reserves to the east of the mine. It has, as a result embarked on vigorous near mine exploratory work to the west of the concession for reserve generation. Results indicate gold ...
Omari Somuah, Agyapong(University of Mines and Technology, 2019-03)
Petrographic and geochemical investigations on rocks that host the Akyem Mine gold deposit situated in the north eastern flank of the Ashanti Belt, Ghana were used to determine the lithologies and textures within the host ...
Ofosu, Bernard(University of Mines and Technology, 2019-05)
Heap leaching generate large volume of spent ore and due to its potential toxic nature, it is contained and not exposed to the environment. The spent ore can be reused as a construction material especially for road ...