Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu says the Chinese government is in full support of Ghana's efforts to end illegal mining known as galamsey. He said the Xi Jinping government has...
Illegal galamsey miners are set to return to site not to deplete and pollute the environment but to work towards reclaiming areas devastated by the illegal mining activity. According to the Lands and...
Reports from Segyimase near Kyebi in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region indicate that illegal mining activities are gradually resurfacing. These indications come some three weeks after...
The government has temporarily suspended the operations of Shaanxi Ghana Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. According to a letter signed by...
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be effective at monitoring activities of small scale miners if it legalizes...
play videoPeter Amewu is Minister for Lands and Natural Resources As the fight against galamsey continues, the Multimedia Group Limited is holding a leadership forum with stakeholders; the focus of...
Residents in the Amansie Central District and neighbouring towns in the Ashanti Region risk losing access to potable water due to the effects of illegal mining activities also known as “galamsey”...
Some displaced mineworkers at Gbani in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have levelled strong threats to start a new life with armed robbery after government struck their employers, the...
International Association for impact Ghana (IAIA) is calling on government to embark on a rapid environmental audit and a Strategic environmental Assessment appraisal to determine mining areas for...
The Minerals Commission Ladies (MICLA) says it is ready to bargain for a mutual agreement with the various women who are involved in illegal mining. On Friday, April 28, some of the country’s women...
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ has stopped in the country following the intense media...
Some Catholic Priests from areas where there is illegal mining activities in the Central Region have launched a campaign to support government efforts to end the menace. The campaign christened...
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Ghana (ICU), has joined the fight against illegal mining currently ongoing in the country popularly referred to as galamsey. According to the union, the...
A Catholic priest has initiated what he termed ‘operation touch heaven with prayers to help end galamsey’ as crusade against illegal mining reaches crescendo. Rev. Fr. David Obeng Paintsil,...
The impunity of the galamsey operators is beyond belief Apart from the horrendous devastation the galamsey operators have inflicted upon our rivers and landscape, their attitude to our society's...
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government is putting in place proactive measures to ensure that small-scale gold mining is conducted in a sustainable manner in the...
The Media Coalition against Illegal Mining and allied stakeholders have slated another public forum for Thursday, May 4 to advance the cause to get galamsey banned across the country and its...
Head of churches in the Ashanti Region are taking the fight against illegal mining step further. They are admonishing members of their congregations who engage in the destructive venture their...
The Archbishop of the Kumasi Diocese of the Anglican church and Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa Very Reverend Professor Yinka Safo has asked the President Nana Akufo-Addo to...
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper East Region of doing very little in the fight against Galamsey....
