10 Chinese Galamseyers Busted
A mining taskforce has arrested 10 illegal Chinese miners within the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. The miners, Today gathered, were operating in an abandoned mining tunnel at Efua...
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Minister Fingers ECG For ‘promoting Galamsey’
The Electricity Company of Ghana has been accused of contributing to illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, in the country. A minister for Lands and Natural Resources Benito Owusu...
Chinese Nationals Arrested While Mining Opposite Tarkwa SHS
The Tarkwa Police Station has arrested 10 Chinese nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining. The 10 were caught in the act at a site at Efua Nta Kamponase opposite the Tarkwa Senior High...
No PSGL, No Vote In 2020 Polls–Aggrieved Residents Declare
Chiefs and people in Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region have threatened to boycott all electioneering activities in the 2020 general election if the government of President Nana Addo...
Mass Burial Held For Nsuta 22 Pit Disaster Victims
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a galamsey pit at Nsuta in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region....
Why Mass Burial Was Given To 22 Trapped Victims
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western...
22 Trapped Victims Given Mass Burial
The 22 illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western Region have been given a mass burial after a search and rescue team indicated that their bodies could not be...
Gov’t Orders Closure of Collapsed Mine Pit At Prestea-Nsuta
The Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister has with immediate effect, suspended search and rescue efforts for the victims of a collapsed mine pit at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western region. The...
Prestea-Nsuta Mining Pit Sealed With ‘dead’ Bodies Underground
The collapsed mining pit in Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region has been sealed off completely, as per word given earlier by a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, though there are bodies...
Five Bodies Spotted In Collapsed Ghana Mine
Five bodies were spotted in an illegal goldmine that collapsed in Ghana, a government official said Wednesday, as the search for at least 17 miners entered its fourth day. The abandoned mine in...
One Body Retrieved From Collapsed Mining Pit In Prestea
The body of one of the 14 persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region has been retrieved. The body was retrieved by the 15 member rescue team deployed into the...
Nsuta-Prestea Accident Compels Gov’t To Step Up Galamsey Fight; Military To Be Deployed
The Government is set to deploy the military to illegal mining areas as it begins a new chapter in the war against the menace. The move by the government follows the recent collapse of a mining pit...
Number of Trapped Illegal Miners Now 17, Police Declares Pit Owner Wanted
The number of illegal miners trapped in collapsed pit at Nsuta in the Western region has shot up to 17 from the original number of 14 that was earlier reported. This was confirmed by one of the...
Arsenal Striker Pays Visits Family In Home Country
Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is in Ghana to spend his summer holidays in his home country. The 26-year-old will be spending time with his family who resides in Kumasi. The Arsenal forward who has...
Ghana Is Not Poor Afterall; We Did Not Need Aisha Huang To Come and Tell Us
Ghana is not poor afterall; We did not need Aisha Huang to come and tell us They came from thousands of miles away, crossing oceans and mountains, arrived in the country and went deep into our...
Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100
Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For a country, popular for producing gold, diamond and other minerals, only 12...
Asantehene Applauds Government For Fight Against Galamsey
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey), that is destroying the environment. He has, therefore, given his blessing to...
Illegal Miners Smuggled $7bn Worth of Gold
More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has...
Small Scale Miners Disagree With Lands Minister Over Moratorium
The government and the Association of Small Scale Miners appear to have both taken entrenched positions on the temporary ban on all mining operations in the country. While government insists that the...
Government To Deploy Drones To Fight Galamsey
Government will soon deploy drones to monitor water bodies across the country in the quest to halt illegal mining popularly called galamsey in Ghana. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural...