Mining in Ghana

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Community Members Ransack, Loot Property of GPS Mining Firm

Some people have ransacked and stolen almost every movable item belonging to the Geo Professional Services Limited (GPS...

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The High Life of ‘galamsey Queen’ Asia Huang

Asia Huang, who is widely known as Aisha, was nicknamed the "untouchable galamsey queen", for her hitherto uncanny...

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Defence Ministry To Submit Report On ‘galamsey Soldiers’ To President

The Defence Ministry will this morning (Friday) present a report on its investigations into alleged involvement of the...

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Ashanti Regional Minister Joins Media In Galamsey Fight

The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon Simon Osei-Mensah will be joining the media under the auspices of The Press...

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Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100

Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For...

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Gold Refinery To Create Jobs For Hundreds In Obuasi- Dannywise CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Dannywise Estate and Construction Frank Danyansah  has declared an audacious ambition...

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MPs Meet Over ‘galamsey Soldiers’

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and the Interior will be holding an emergency meeting today, May 24, to...

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OccupyGhana Happy With AG’s New Charges Against ‘galamsey Queen’

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has expressed happiness with the changes in charges filed by the state in the case...

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OccupyGhana Happy With Changes In Aisha Huang Galamsey Case

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has expressed happiness with the changes in charges filed by the state in the case...

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Is It Because Aisha Is Chinese and Not Ghanaian?

I saw the Chinese 31 years old woman cry and I felt really sorry for her. I felt sorry for her not because I believe...

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Soldiers Allegedly Protecting ‘galamseyers’ Won’t Be Spared – Nitiwul

The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff to launch an immediate investigation into...

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Attorney-General Levels Fresh Charges Against Chinese Galamseyer, Asia Huang

The Attorney-General (A-G) has added two more charges against Chinese Asia Huang who is being tried for some illicit...

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BNI Holds the Key To Aisha Huang’s Conviction

Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Joseph Yamin is skeptical about efforts to convict 31-year-old ‘galamsey...

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‘Lone Ranger’ Amewu Can’t Fight Galamsey – James Agalga

A former deputy Interior Minister has said the fight against illegal mining known as galamsey will be successful if all...

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Prof. Martey Not Speaking ‘logically’

Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey has been slammed by former Deputy...

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Aisha Huang Was Also A ‘criminal’ – Joseph Yamin

Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, under the NDC government, Joseph Yamin, says Aisha Huang, the popular...

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No Soldiers Deployed To Protect Galamseyers – Derrick Oduro

The Deputy Defence Minister, Derrick Oduro has emphatically told Citi News that the Ghana Armed Forces has not deployed...

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Military, Police Protecting Illegal Miners – Amewu Reveals

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that one of the impediments confronting the...

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Russians, Ukrainians Detained Over Illegal Mining [Photos]

The two Russians and Two Ukrainians who were arrested on Monday in Ghana for engaging in illegal mining spent the night...