Organisational Behaviour in Ghana
Organisational Behaviour.
The Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) is an aluminium reduction facility (smelter) located in the industrial seaport city of Tema, east of the capital city of Accra. VALCO was originally jointly owned by Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation (KACC) - 90% and Reynolds Metals Company .The Government of Ghana purchased the 90% shares of KACC in October 2004 and subsequently completed acquisition in June 2008. Therefore, currently VALCO is solely owned by the Government and people of Ghana. The VALCO smelter consists of a self-contained five pot lines reduction facility that includes a private dock, raw materials storage area, carbon anode manufacturing Plant and a value-adding metal casting facility.
The businesses which the company is currently authorised to carry on are the construction and operation of facilities for processing of alumina into aluminium. VALCO produces aluminium of world-class quality by electrolytic reduction of alumina (derived from bauxite) to meet the entire Ghanaian (local) demand and for export. VALCO is set up to convert the aluminium it produces into value-added products like billets (for the manufacture of aluminium doors and window frames), rolling ingots (for the manufacture of aeroplane parts, beverage cans) and foundry ingots and sows (for the manufacture of electrical wires, roofing sheets, cooking utensils, etc).
VALCO has experienced four (4) total shutdowns in its operating history with the latest occurring in January 2009 as a result of low world market prices, also a consequence of the global credit crunch. The plant restarted in January 2011.
VALCO has a 9-Member Board of Directors.
The Management Team of the Company is an all-Ghanaian team led by the Chief Executive Officer, four Deputy Chief Executive Officers in charge of Operations, Engineering and Maintenance; Power and Integrated Aluminium Business; Human Resource/Administration, Medical Services, Legal and Public Affairs,
The Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) is an aluminium reduction facility (smelter) located in the industrial seaport city of Tema, east of the capital city of Accra. VALCO was originally jointly owned by Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation (KACC) - 90% and Reynolds Metals Company .The Government of Ghana purchased the 90% shares of KACC in October 2004 and subsequently completed acquisition in June 2008. Therefore, currently VALCO is solely owned by the Government and people of Ghana. The VALCO smelter consists of a self-contained five pot lines reduction facility that includes a private dock, raw materials storage area, carbon anode manufacturing Plant and a value-adding metal casting facility.
The businesses which the company is currently authorised to carry on are the construction and operation of facilities for processing of alumina into aluminium. VALCO produces aluminium of world-class quality by electrolytic reduction of alumina (derived from bauxite) to meet the entire Ghanaian (local) demand and for export. VALCO is set up to convert the aluminium it produces into value-added products like billets (for the manufacture of aluminium doors and window frames), rolling ingots (for the manufacture of aeroplane parts, beverage cans) and foundry ingots and sows (for the manufacture of electrical wires, roofing sheets, cooking utensils, etc).
VALCO has experienced four (4) total shutdowns in its operating history with the latest occurring in January 2009 as a result of low world market prices, also a consequence of the global credit crunch. The plant restarted in January 2011.
VALCO has a 9-Member Board of Directors.
The Management Team of the Company is an all-Ghanaian team led by the Chief Executive Officer, four Deputy Chief Executive Officers in charge of Operations, Engineering and Maintenance; Power and Integrated Aluminium Business; Human Resource/Administration, Medical Services, Legal and Public Affairs,