Mining giant Golden Star has reached an important milestone as its Prestea Underground Mine in the Western region achieves commercial production. The project construction of the Prestea Underground...
The name Prestea sounds familiar right? Yea, it’s a long known town in Ghana for obvious reasons. It’s a land rich in gold. In this town and its environs are large scale mining companies such as ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The Council of State, has been caught in a possible conflict of interest situation as it tried meeting the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members in Parliament to beg for the withdrawal...
Golden Star Resources Ltd. has recorded the strongest quarterly production since cessation of refractory operation, the miner has announced in its financial and operational results for the first...
The 1.5 per cent degraded lands out of the 238,000 kilometre square of the country, would be rehabilitated, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has announced. He said...
Aggrieved community leaders and youth in towns and villages in the Prestea Huni Valley District in the Western Region have stormed the concession of Golden Star Bogoso-Prestea Limited (GSBPL) at...
Civil society group, the Economic Fighters League, has described as abysmal and disappointing, the government’s response to public outcry over illegal mining, which threatening the country’s...
Mining industry players are calling for detailed discussions on the implementation of policies seeking to charge multinationals to list on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). They have cautioned of...
Ghana's economy is expected to grow by 6.3 per cent in 2017, compared to 3.8 per cent growth rate realised in 2016, ratings agency Fitch’s subsidiary BMI has affirmed. According to BMI, “while...
Asanko Gold Inc. (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) has confirmed its 2017 production guidance of 230,000 - 240,000 ounces at All-in sustaining costs of US$880 - US$920 per ounce, following a successful first...
MARK Bristow is unlikely to return to Obuasi, the Ghanaian gold mine he has twice stalked in the past 20 years before declining to invest. But he declares a ready interest in Ghana for its...
Expansion projects in the mining sector pushed the country’s gold production to 2,931,131 million ounces in the first nine months of last year, official data from the Minerals Commission has shown....
Gold production is expected to significantly increase this year, given the huge investments and expansion drive by major mining companies in the country, according to Dr. Toni Aubynn, Chief Executive...
A gang of macho men belonging to the chief of Nsadweso in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have inflicted cutlass wounds on some residents of the town. A misunderstanding between a...
Residents of Prestea have expressed fears that the Ankobra Bridge serving them and the people of Bogoso could soon cave, in considering the deteriorating condition and cracks it has developed. This...
Let me begin my write up by drawing inspiration from a speech delivered by late Rev. Martin Luther King Jnr., in 1967 at the First Annual Conference on New Politics, in Washington DC, USA, “…..so...
