The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged small-scale miners in the Ashanti Region to comply with government’s ban on all forms of small scale mining. According to him, the ban is a step in...
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. According to him,...
The government has warned the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners that any attempt to breach the six-month freeze on all forms of small-scale mining will be considered as a violation of...
Five Chinese alleged to be involved in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, will face charges under the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act 2015. After taking over the case from the Ghana...
The universal urbanization explosion is devouring vast amounts of sand, which is the key ingredient of concrete and asphalt. Sand mining companies, both legal and those that are illegally operating...
An Economist with the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Fellow at the Central European University, David Mihalyi, has underscored the need for citizens to continue to ask questions regarding...
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them to return to their pits or face their wrath. “We have given the president...
The Ashanti regional sect of the Ghana Association of Small Scale miners has given government a 3-day ultimatum to clarify its position on small-scale mining in Ghana. The Association said they will...
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them to return to their pits or face their wrath. “We have given the president...
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to ban their activities in the country. “Small scale miners are against the six...
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to ban their activities in the country. “Small scale miners are against the six...
A civil society group, Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is advocating for agencies in charge of mining activities to be given the power to prosecute offenders of mining laws in Ghana. According...
Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional area, Nana Kobina Nketsia has said. Nana Nketsia who made the suggestion at a...
Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges brought before some suspected Chinese illegal miners, thus prompting a petition to the Attorney General’s...
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) over what it claims to be minor charges purported to have been levelled against five Chinese accused of engaging in illegal...
Illegal mining strips some 28 billion tons of material from the earth The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some...
An advocacy group, National Youth for Peace (NYfP), has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, engage all illegal gold mining operators and factor them into the national afforestation...
James Kwabena Bomfeh has asked State authorities to "rethink mining" in the country. According to him, if mining cannot be regularized to ensure the activities of the miners do not lead to...
Detention of Aisha Huang; A case of rule of law or hypocrisy Aisha Hueng is the Chinese National at the center of the galamsey controversy I have always maintained from day one that, Government's...
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has served notice that he would sue anyone who links him to galamsey henceforth. The warning came after a leaked BNI report mentioned his palace as...
