Mining in Africa
Galamsey Fight: We’ll Deploy Military If Necessary
The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has indicated that government will not hesitate to deploy the military to...
Engage Small Scale Miners Over Illegal Mining Ban – Asantehene To Lands Minister
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu to engage...
Soldiers To Be Deployed To Combat Illegal Mining – Nitiwul
The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul says government is likely to deploy military personnel in the coming days to...
Minister Sues Republic Newspaper Over Chinese ‘galamsey’ Queen Aisha
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has sued the Republic Newspaper at the High Court for defaming him in...
Government To Review Mining Laws
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio,...
Flout Ban On Mining At Your Risk
The government has warned the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners that any attempt to breach the six-month...
The War Against Galamsey Is A Battle Ghana Must Win
The war against galamsey is a battle Ghana must win Ghana must win the fight against galamsey The media coalition...
Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...
We’re Being Targeted In Galamsey Fight – Small-Scale Miners
The Ashanti regional sect of the Ghana Association of Small Scale miners has given government a 3-day ultimatum to...
‘Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die’ – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...
Ghana Immigration Service Boss ‘hot’ Over ‘Galamsey Queen’
A leaked audio tape purported to have been recorded by assigns of the Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Haung, has put the...
Small Scale Miners To Demonstrate Against Gov’t’s Plan To Ban Small Scale Mining
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...
We’ll Demonstrate If…
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...
Galamseyer Invokes ‘Antoa Nyama’ On President Akufo-Addo
The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern...
We’ll Deal Decisively With Aisha Huang Despite Threats – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the...
Galamsey Queen Heavily Sponsored NDC Campaigns
A former house help to Chinese illegal mining kingpin is accusing his former boss heavily funding electioneering...
Prosecute Powerful Persons Behind Galamsey – Kobina Nketsia
Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional...
OccupyGhana Petitions AG Over ‘leaked’ Charges Against Aisha Huang, Others
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) over what it claims to be minor charges...
Causes, Effects and Solutions
Illegal mining strips some 28 billion tons of material from the earth The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal...