Mining in Africa
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...
Small Scale Miners Ready To Assist Gov’t To Fight Illegal Mining
Small scale miners in the Ashanti Region have expressed readiness to assist the government in fighting the menace of...
We Have Been Told To Prepare Ourselves – Army
According to him, his Unit has been notified by the government to prepare themselves to give critica The Commanding...
Army Commander Suspended Over Galamsey
Lieutenant Colonel GNK Hoenyedzi, the commanding officer of second Battalion of Infantry (2Bn), Takoradi, has been...
Dunkwa Chief Destroys 19 Galamsey Machines
The Stop Galamsey Operation Taskforce in Dunkwa in the Central Region has destroyed 19 machines used by galamsey...
2020 Election Threats Won’t Stop My Anti-Galamsey Fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says threats to vote him out in the 2020 election will not stop his...
Police, Military To Supervise Reclamation of Galamsey Lands – Amewu
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight...
Threats of Losing Election Won’t Stop Galamsey Fight – Nana Addo
President Nana Addo has called the bluff of illegal miners threatening to vote against his party in the 2020 elections,...
Galamsey Operators Vow Not Stop Mining If…
Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened...
Galamseyers In Kumasi To Petition Otumfuo Over Gov’t Crack Down
The Small Scale Miners Association in Kumasi says it will petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over...
Aggrieved Illegal Miners Want Otumfuo To Get Gov’t To Soften Stands On Galamsey
Some aggrieved artisanal miners in the Ashanti region are to petition the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over...
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...
Illegal Miners Will Be Engaged In Tree Planting Program – Amewu
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that all illegal miners will be engaged in...
Galamsey Vs Environmental Conflicts
Everywhere you look headlines scream #Stop Galamsey Now! But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where...
The 21-Day #stopGalamseynow Ultimatum Story
Following the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources’ declaration of a 21-day ultimatum to all illegal miners to...
‘Go and Sin No More’ – Amewu Tells Caught ‘galamseyer’
An illegal miner was caught red-handed in the Western region following the expiration of an ultimatum to illegal mining...
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...
Kojo Antwi, Others Join ‘galamsey’ Fight With New Song
Ghana’s Music Maestro, Kojo Antwi has hinted in an interview with Kasapa FM’s Fiifi Banson of a new music project...
Methodist Church Joins Fight Against Galamsey To Save the Environment
The Diocesan Bishop of the Methodist Church at Sekondi, Right Reverend, Daniel De-graft Brace, has declared the support...