Illegal Mining

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Galamseyers Vacate Sites But Residents Want Areas To Be Reclaimed

CHINESE nationals operating illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” in the Amenfi West District of the Western...

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Vanished Illegal Miners Will Not Be Allowed To Return

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the illegal small scale miners who have vanished from the mining sites in...

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Excavators Removed From Mining Sites As Ultimatum Expires

The nationwide campaign against illegal mining activities has yielded dividends as heavy equipment used in the...

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Israel Declares Support For Ghana’s Fight Against Galamsey

The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra...

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Small Scale Miners Help Clear Galamsey Sites

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has stated that through efforts of members, the works of...

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Galamseyers At Akrofusu Defy Government’s Ultimatum

Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites – Minerals Commission

About 544 excavators have voluntarily moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the...

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We’ll Allow You To Mine But Properly – Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners...

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You Can’t Sit In Accra and Ban Galamsey – Effah Dartey

A legal practitioner, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has professed his version of how to fight the illegal mining...

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Ministerial Task-Force Tours Galamsey Sites [Photos]

A ministerial task-force has toured some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region, as government’s three-weeks...

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Stop Taking Bribes From Illegal Miners

A former parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South constituency, Alex Akuoko, has warned politicians to desist from the...

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544 Excavators Moved From Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration...

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Must Read! Hits and Misses Under Akufo-Addo’s 100 Days

Monday April 17, 2017 marked exactly 100 days since Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took over the governance of Ghana from...

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544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites

About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum...

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We Cannot End Galamsey With A One Sided Solution

Executive Director for Social Impact Studies, Richard Kojo Elimah says we cannot have a one major solution or a one...

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NPP, NDC Profiting From ‘galamsey’

The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has stated explicitly that the country will not win its...

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Stop Celebrating Average Performance – CPP Tells NPP

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the ruling government to stop celebrating its self-acclaimed 103...

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Vigilante Groups In Ghana

A picture of aggrieved members of the Delta force The proliferation of vigilante groups in Africa and Ghana in...

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China Allegedly Hitting Back At Ghanaian Businesses

Some Ghanaian businessmen in China have complained about harassment from Chinese officials in what is seen as...