Mining in Africa
‘Illegal Miners’ Set To Return To Sites For Reclamation Efforts
Illegal galamsey miners are set to return to site not to deplete and pollute the environment but to work towards...
Segyimase, Akrofusu Residents Express Fears
Reports from Segyimase near Kyebi in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region indicate that illegal mining...
Gov’t Suspends Chinese Mining Firm’s Operations In Talensi
The government has temporarily suspended the operations of Shaanxi Ghana Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in...
Water Research Institute Calls For Legalization of Galamsey
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be...
Multimedia Holds Leadership Program With Focus On ‘galamsey’
play videoPeter Amewu is Minister for Lands and Natural Resources As the fight against galamsey continues, the...
No Lands To Farm; We’re Becoming Poor – Amansie Central Residents Cry Out
Residents in the Amansie Central District and neighbouring towns in the Ashanti Region risk losing access to potable...
Mineworkers Vow To Go Into Robbery After Company Shuts Down
Some displaced mineworkers at Gbani in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have levelled strong threats to...
IAIA Wants Government To Legalise Galamsey To Curb Destructions
International Association for impact Ghana (IAIA) is calling on government to embark on a rapid environmental audit and...
Minerals Commission Ladies Storm Galamsey Sites To ‘save’ Women In Illegal Mining
The Minerals Commission Ladies (MICLA) says it is ready to bargain for a mutual agreement with the various women who...
Galamsey Has Stopped – Tony Aubynn
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small-scale mining, popularly...
Catholic Priests Backs Government Galamsey Fight With ‘operation Touch Heaven’
Some Catholic Priests from areas where there is illegal mining activities in the Central Region have launched a...
ICU Joins the Fight Against Galamsey
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Ghana (ICU), has joined the fight against illegal mining currently...
Catholic Priest Challenges Muslims, Christians To ‘touch Heaven’ To End Galamsey
A Catholic priest has initiated what he termed ‘operation touch heaven with prayers to help end galamsey’ as...
The Impunity of the Galamsey Operators Is Beyond Belief
The impunity of the galamsey operators is beyond belief Apart from the horrendous devastation the galamsey operators...
Nana Assures Small-Scale Gold Miners
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government is putting in place proactive measures to ensure...
Media Coalition, Stakeholders Against Illegal Mining Set Up Public Forum Thursday
The Media Coalition against Illegal Mining and allied stakeholders have slated another public forum for Thursday, May 4...
Church Rejects ‘galamsey Offering’
Head of churches in the Ashanti Region are taking the fight against illegal mining step further. They are admonishing...
We Will Vote For Nana Addo For Fighting Galamsey
The Archbishop of the Kumasi Diocese of the Anglican church and Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa...
Galamsey Fight Not Taken Seriously In Upper East – Group
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies...