The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North, Mr Collins Owusu Amankwah has advised government to tread cautiously with its quest to stop illegal mining in the country. He explained that if care...
The stakes are high in Montepuez where the discovery of rubies has led to violence among miners that has turned the northern town into what some describe as Mozambique's own version of the Wild West....
Galamsey operations over the years have destroyed most of our agriculture lands, as well as polluted many water bodies in Ghana. This has subsequently led to water shortages in some parts of the...
A socio-environmental advocacy NGO based in the Western Region, the Friends of the Nation (FoN), has urged government to rope in relevant stakeholders in its bid to reduce and eliminate the use of...
Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are contributing to the destruction of Ghana’s environment through illegal mining....
Rich gold mining villages and towns in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have been invaded by illegal Chinese gold miners, whose illegal gold mining activities have been severely...
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has proposed a total ban on small scale mining in the country as a means of stopping the distraction that the activity causes to the...
A research to assess the effect of excessive use of mercury in gold extraction on artisanal miners and residents of mining communities in Ghana is currently underway. The miners are said to be...
Residents of four communities in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region are demanding immediate action from government to halt the takeover of their lands by some foreign nationals for...
Latest: Gov’t exposed over plans to allow mining in forest reserves We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment INVESTIGATIONS conducted by Today have revealed plans by government to permit...
Friends of the Nation, a socio-economic advocacy NGO in the Western Region, has started a regional consultative stakeholder engagement seeking to promote the use of new technologies in place of...
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining activities in the short term. This is the caution from industry players. According to them,...
By: Badu K Truth be told, I cannot holdback my arousing disgust towards the ‘enemies of the state’-apologies to Anas Aremeyaw. Let us face it, though, the mass degradation of our countryside by...
I join the over 5 million Ghanaians who voted for you on December 7 to congratulate you on your historic victory. Your win margin has never been witnessed in our presidential history. It’s been a...
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in Ghana, bringing in about 16 billion US dollars. Gold production increased by 93 per...
Mr Prince William Ankrah, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has called for a local content law specific to the mining sector in order to reverse the decreasing Ghanaian...
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the National Democratric Congress (NDC), will reclassify the Ghana’s mining code oto include artisanal gold mining. This according to him, will curb...
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the National Democratric Congress (NDC), will reclassify the Ghana’s mining code oto include artisanal gold mining. This according to him, will curb...
A Ghanaian IT professional, Sesinam Dagadu has been shortlisted for the prestigious Africa Engineering Innovation award. He is in the list with 14 other innovators from Africa. CodeRed is a logistics...
Small scale illegal miners at Akyem Asamama community in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region have stepped up their search for about five of their members believed to have been gunned down into...
