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9 Mining Officers Interdicted Over Galamsey Fight

Government has interdicted the nine district mining officers of the Minerals Commission who were asked to proceed on an...

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Joyce Aryee Makes Case For Galamseyers; Advocates Different Approach

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines Joyce Aryee says the fight against illegal small-scale...

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69 Illegal Mining Machines Confiscated and Destroyed At Dunkwa Offin

Sixty nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti galamsey taskforce at Dunkwa Offin...

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Illegal Mining Machines Destroyed In Renewed Crackdown In Dunkwa-On-Offin

Sixty-nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti-galamsey taskforce in...

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19 Galamsey Machines Burnt

Operation Stop Galamsey Taskforce at Dunkwa Offin has burnt 19 illegal mining machines known in the local parlance as...

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Dunkwa Chief Destroys 19 Galamsey Machines

The Stop Galamsey Operation Taskforce in Dunkwa in the Central Region has destroyed 19 machines used by galamsey...

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$41m Bauxite Receipts ‘missing’ In Audited Accounts of BoG – PAC

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to provide data on bauxite exports for 2015 to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of...

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BoG Backs Laws To Demand Data On Gold Exports

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export proceeds...

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Are We Tackling the Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?

One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual...

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Provide Details On 2015 Bauxite Export – PAC Orders BoG

The Public Accounts Committee has directed the Bank of Ghana to immediately furnish it with details of proceeds from...

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BoG Sweats Over 40,000 Tons of Bauxite Export

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) appears to have little or no knowledge about 40,000 metric tons of bauxite worth US$41million...

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Are We Tackling Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?

One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual...

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Lands Minister Sacks 9 District Mine Inspectors

Nine district mine officers of the Minerals Commission have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave with immediate...

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Government To Reclaim 1.5 Per Cent of Degraded Lands

The 1.5 per cent degraded lands out of the 238,000 kilometre square of the country, would be rehabilitated, Mr John...

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Apologise To Okyenhene For Galamsey Comments – Group To Aburihene

The Okyeman Youth Association (OYA) has called on the Aburihene, Otobour Gyan Kwasi, to render apology to the...

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Fight Against Galamsey Requires Well-Thought Plan, Strong Leadership – Mishio

A former chairman of Ghana’s national security committee for Lands and Natural Resources, Brigadier General Daniel K....

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Minister On Right Course With ‘galamsey’ Directive

Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee has thrown her weight behind the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, for...

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Amewu ‘grills’ Minerals Commission Boss Over Mining License

Lands and Natural Resource Minister, John Peter Amewu could not come to terms with the explanation provided by the...

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Amewu Orders Removal of Excavators From Mining Sites

The Minister's tour of some sites in W/R revealed some equipment still on site Lands and Natural Resources Minister...