Sierra Leone Postpones Diamond Auction
Sources say four bidders have so far expressed interest in the stone found by a Christian pastor Sierra Leone has called off tomorrow's scheduled auction of the 709-carat diamond - the world's...
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Pink Star Diamond Sets New World Record In Hong Kong
A rare diamond known as the Pink Star has been sold in Hong Kong for more than $71m (£57m), setting a new world record for any gemstone at auction. The oval-shaped 59.6 carat stone was bought after...
‘Pink Star’ Diamond Fetches Record $71.2 Million In Hong Kong
A giant diamond named the "Pink Star" broke the world record for a gemstone sold at auction when it fetched $71.2 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The 59.60-carat "Pink Star" is the largest in its...
Graphene-Based Sieve Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water
A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater. The sought-after development could aid the millions of people without ready access to clean...
14 Kids Poisoned At Hotel Pool, 1 Dead
A teenage boy died and 14 other people were hospitalized after guests at a southern Michigan hotel were found unconscious around an indoor pool. Fire officials said they believe the cause was carbon...
Integrate Traditional Leaders In Galamsey Fight – Think Tank
An environment sustainability Policy think tank, Green Growth Solutions, has called on chiefs and traditional leaders to help in the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the...
Fuel Prices To Drop Further
Prices of petroleum products are expected to fall further in the first pricing window of April, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has said. Already, the prices have been reduced by oil...
Ghana Ratifies Mercury Convention
People living in Ghana’s mining communities may now be better protected from deadly mercury poisoning. On March 23, Ghana ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury – a real step forward for...
‘Pink Star’ Diamond Set To Fetch Record Price In Hong Kong
A plum-sized pink diamond is expected to break the world record for a gemstone early next month when it goes under the hammer in Hong Kong, Sotheby's auction house said Wednesday. The 59.60-carat...
Solid Gold Coin Worth $4m Stolen From Berlin Museum
A giant gold coin bearing the Queen's image, and worth $4m (£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany. The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because...
‘Protect Ghana’s Water Bodies’
Executive Director of Water Resources Commission (WRC), Mr. Ben Ampomah, has called on government and other stakeholders in the sector to device ways and means to protect the country’s water...
Let’s Rescue Birim River From Galamsey Operations
Water in the Birim River is fast becoming untreatable for human consumption as a result of high levels of pollution by operations of illegal miners popularly known as galamsey, the Eastern Regional...
Water Everywhere But Little To Drink
Water, Water Everywhere Not Any Drop To Drink Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner is as relevant to the Ghanaian situation as it was when the wide sea could not provide needed...
No End In Sight
Despite the huge public outcry against toxic diesel sold in Ghana which endangers the health of the citizens, in the later part of last year, it appears very little has been done to address the...
Researchers Assess Harmful Effects of Mercury Use On Small-Scale Miners
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...
Tap Water 99% Safer Than Packaged Water
Water produced by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) for domestic and industrial uses is safer for consumption than 99 per cent of packaged water on the market, Head of Corporate Communications...
We Can No Longer Tolerate ‘galamsey’ Activities
The fight against ‘galamsey’, he noted is a collective responsibility of everyone The Eastern regional Minister, Hon. Eric Kwakye Daffour has bemoaned the negative impact of ‘galamsey’...
Marking World Water Day: Ghanaians Still Lack Access To Safe Water Despite Progress
Data released by Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, indicates that a total of 663 million people globally do not have access to clean water. This was contained in an...
Awake Water Marks World Water Day
Officials and distributors of Awake Purified Drinking Water joined Ghanaians and the world to observe this year’s World Water Day with a call on Ghanaians to drink quality water and to protect...
Water Shortage To Hit World Soon – Activist
The founder and president of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, Nana Dwomoh-Sarpong, has said by the time the world population hits 9 billion, there would not be enough water to serve people living...