Illegal mining remains the biggest challenge confronting cocoa farmers in their bid to increase production of the country’s leading cash crop. Farmers of local buying company, Cocoa Abrabopa,...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has bemoaned the activities of illegal miners(galamsey) as it threatens the smooth operations of the Komenda Sugar Factory. According to...
A leading member of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa has suggested to Kingmakers to destool chiefs in communities affected by illegal mining popularly known as...
So I’ve been away for the past few days contributing my quota as an engineer to Ghana’s Oil & Gas sector. My little escapade took me hundreds of feet into the sky to the destination I was headed...
Environment Minister Mahama Ayariga has vowed to put pressure on law enforcement agencies to clamp down on illegal mining (galamsey), which is responsible for causing an irreparable damage to the...
As the 2016 elections draw closer, various entities have issued predictions and polls; some are reasonable, others are nothing more than wishful thinking. This has been the trend since pollsters and...
Two people are feared dead after a galamsey pit caved in on them in Akyem Ahwenease in the Eastern Region. A resident of the community, who only gave his name as Bismark, told Citi News that one...
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini has downplayed assertions that government has failed to proactively address the menace of illegal mining in the country. He however indicated that a...
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini, has decried the lack of political will which he said has allowed the rise in illegal mining known as galamsey. In an interview on Citi TV’s...
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has announced it will soon wage war against illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ operators in the country. It is believed that such activities are...
The Kyebi Water Treatment plant has been shut down because the water has been left untreatable. The plant which serves much of the Eastern Region was shut down early on Tuesday due to the effects of...
National Security operatives are probing the circumstances underpinning the operations of a Chinese Galamsey kingpin and how some security personnel got associated with the lady known as Asia Huang....
Millions of Ghanaians could lose access to treated water due to the impending closure of three major water treatment dams due to the activities of illegal mining, according to the Ministry of Water...
Ghana Chamber of Mines says it is confident ongoing review of the Minerals and Mining Act will help to effectively deal with illegal mining in the country.
The review, upon completion, will empower...
