A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbra Oteng Gyasi, says government is yet to decide on when to lift the ban on small-scale mining activities in the country. According to the...
Three illegal miners have been arrested by the Asokwa District Police at Nweneso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. They were arrested after the District Chief Executive for...
Fifteen illegal miners operating within the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region have been arrested by a combined anti-galamsey taskforce. They have been handed over to the Police. A...
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale mining. Members have therefore questioned the kind of policy government wants to...
A former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has called on the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service not to use the restoration of the environment caused by illegal...
Chinese ambassador meets Okyenhene -Head of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin believes that not all Chinese miners engage in illegal mining activities. The chief...
Former head of the anti-galamsey taskforce, Brigadier General Daniel K. Mishio, wants the government to name and shame all politicians who are directly or indirectly sponsoring illegal small scale...
Galamsey fight -In a bid to kick out the illicit act, the Military Command has deployed personnel to protect mining sites against illegal mining activities in the first phase of its long term...
The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten platoons to protect mining sites from the menace on Monday. The deployment today is...
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...
Government has disclosed it will ban the importation of mercury to augment efforts to curb the impact of illegal mining activities in the country. The move is expected to take effect by the end of...
A research conducted by Good Governance Africa has revealed that small-scale mining activities were affecting school attendance and performance in basic schools in small scale mining areas in the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that he was unfazed by the continuous threats by illegal small scale miners, otherwise known as galamseyers, in the country. Consequently, the...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government’s commitment to the fight against illegal mining activities in the country. A media-led campaign, spearheaded by Citi FM was taken up by...
Research conducted by Good Governance Africa, a not-for-profit organization, has revealed small-scale mining has affected school attendance and performance in basic schools in small scale mining...
Divisional Chief of Prestea Traditional Area in Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV, has lamented that he has been receiving constant verbal threats from illegal...
The Birim River and some of its tributaries in the Eastern Region are regenerating their natural ecology months after the destructive illegal mining on them was stopped. The rivers had become muddy...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said he is not deterred in his fight against illegal mining, following the discovery of an audiovisual recording device that was...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that he is not “too surprised” about the discovery of a dden audio visual device in his office at the Ministry. “It is...
An audio visual device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has been discovered. Confirming the incident to Citi News, Mr....
