By CTC Mining Company
Officially, the CTC Mining Company was introduced in Sierra Leone on the 16th of November 2022, amidst fanfare, pomp, and pageantry to the inhabitants of Marampa and Maforki Chiefdoms in Port Loko District, Northwestern region of the country.
The traditional leaders and other prominent stakeholders of the two chiefdoms converged at the Port Loko District Council Office to listen to what the Management of the company had for them.
One of the Paramount Chiefs popularly known as “The Lion” broke the news that the meeting was to present to the people of the two chiefdoms in particular, and the Port Loko District in general, the CTC Energy & Mining Company.
PC “The Lion” pressed on that the company has met all the lawful requirements and paid the needed homage to the local authorities and landowning families of the stretch of property the company is to operate on.
The highly consultative meeting was not just to present the company to the people but to let them and their stakeholders have a say, approve or disapprove, the “The Lion” said.
Consequently, elders, religious leaders, youths, women, teachers, landowners, and all other important stakeholders of the chiefdoms gave a standing ovation to the Paramount Chief in endorsement of the CTC Energy & Mining Company amid traditional singing and dancing.
Present on this all-important day for the people of Port Loko were the Port Loko District Chairman, Port Loko City Mayor, the Senior District Officer, a representative from the National Minerals Agency, the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police North, and the Military Brigade Commander, among others.
The CTC Mining Company’s parent body operates in Turkey. But what is advantageous to Sierra Leone is the fact that its leader in the country is a blue-blooded Sierra Leonean, raised in Makeni City, the provincial headquarter of the Northern Region.
In a brief message to the people, he has not just assured them of making a difference in the country’s mining sector and the other areas of the company’s intervention but said they are in the country to stay and prioritize employee satisfaction amid occupational health and safety as part of the company’s management philosophy. Added to this as the company’s mission, ecological balance, sensitive and friendly environmental approach, the production of high-quality goods and services based on continuous improvement and efficiency through paying attention to the optimum use of scarce resources will equally be prioritized
The CTC Energy & Mining Company was established by a team with more than 25 years of experience in their activities. Their vision is “Doing the best, with the best” with the main activity areas of the company being mining, energy, and logistics. Thus, CTC Mining Company produces, supplies, sells, and markets bauxite, iron, and other minerals like chrome and manganese ore. With a wealth of experience in its activities, the company’s bauxite production continues to increase in the bauxite fields with the highest reserves in Turkey.
CTC is enhancing collaboration with its valuable customers in China and the rest of the world by reaching not only their products but also other valuable miner’s products all around Turkey to them CTC’s service and high quality.
In addition to the mining business, the company also has investments in the renewable energy sector, primarily in biogas and solar energy. In 2021, CTC increased its energy investment capacity.
The company has agencies and representative offices in the UK, the US, and the Republic of China, while in Turkey Iskenderun, Muğla-Milas. Its management and team are always ready to share any business opportunity with its valued suppliers and customers.
From the above, it is inevitable that if CTC Mining and Energy Company is given the cooperation that they deserve, it would create multiple employment facilities for Sierra Leoneans with effective tax avenues for the government.
