Artisanal mining
Small-Scale Miners Demand Immediate Lift of Ban
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their...
Ban On Small Scale Mining Likely To Be Extended Again
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbra Oteng Gyasi, says government is yet to decide on when to lift...
15 ‘galamseyers’ Arrested, Over 170 Gold Machines Burnt
Fifteen illegal miners operating within the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region have been arrested by a...
Extension of Ban Pointless; Small Scale Miners Cry Foul
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale...
Lands Minister Orders Companies To Get Requisite Permit Or…
The Minister of Lands, John Peter Amewu has announced he will enforce strict observance of Ghana’s law by all mining...
What Operation Vanguard Is Saying
Four alleged illegal miners are reported to have died under strange and mysterious circumstances at Akukuso, a village...
Anti-Galamsey Team Destroys Illegal Mining Equipment
A combined anti-galamsey (illegal mining) task-force and monitoring team in the Upper-Denkyira East and West Districts...
Minister Fingers ECG For ‘promoting Galamsey’
The Electricity Company of Ghana has been accused of contributing to illegal mining activities, popularly known as...
Galamsey Killing Education In Ghana
A research conducted by Good Governance Africa has revealed that small-scale mining activities were affecting school...
Galamsey Affecting Education In Mining Areas – Research
Research conducted by Good Governance Africa, a not-for-profit organization, has revealed small-scale mining has...
Broaden Scope of ‘galamsey’ Fight Else… – Economist Warns
Ghana’s fight against galamsey might fail if government does not tighten lose ends in the current its efforts to end...
Lands Ministry Names Mining Firms With ‘military Protection’
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military...
Hidden ‘spying’ Device Uncovered In Amewu’s Office
An audio visual device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural...
Stop Galamsey But Assist Miners – GGDP Urges Gov’t
The Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP) says it supports governments effort to stop galamsey, but wants this...
Indonesia Tackles Illegal Mining Boom
Hulking excavators claw at riverbanks on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the hunt for gold, transforming what was once a...
Was Upper Denkyira West DCE Right After All?
It was Tuesday 30th May 2017. Many Ghanaians had woken up to viral videos of the gruesome killing of a soldier. That...
US Ambassador Wants Galamsey To Be Formalized
Mr Robert P. Jackson, US Ambassador has expressed the believe that formalising the small scale mining (Galamsey) would...
Taskforce Destroys ‘galamsey’ Equipment In Achiase
The anti-illegal mining taskforce has seized and destroyed several mining equipment from some communities in the...
3 Russians, Ukranian Arrested For Galamsey Charged
Three Russians and a Ukrainian arrested at Tontokrom in the Ashanti Region for allegedly flouting the nation’s mining...