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Government To Review Mining Laws
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio,...
Flout Ban On Mining At Your Risk
The government has warned the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners that any attempt to breach the six-month...
Five Chinese To Be Charged Under Minerals Act
Five Chinese alleged to be involved in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, will face charges under the...
The Bloody Race To Win Sand In Ghana
The universal urbanization explosion is devouring vast amounts of sand, which is the key ingredient of concrete and...
Government Must Dutifully Account On Natural Resource Revenues To Citizens
An Economist with the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Fellow at the Central European University, David...
Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...
We’re Being Targeted In Galamsey Fight – Small-Scale Miners
The Ashanti regional sect of the Ghana Association of Small Scale miners has given government a 3-day ultimatum to...
‘Allow Us To Work Else All Die Be Die’ – Small Scale Mining Group To Akufo-Addo
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them...
Small Scale Miners To Demonstrate Against Gov’t’s Plan To Ban Small Scale Mining
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...
We’ll Demonstrate If…
Small scale miners in Ghana are threatening to hit the streets with a massive demonstration if government goes ahead to...
Give Mining Sector Agencies Prosecution Powers
A civil society group, Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is advocating for agencies in charge of mining activities...
Prosecute Powerful Persons Behind Galamsey – Kobina Nketsia
Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional...
OccupyGhana Petitions AG Over ‘soft Charges’ For Aisha Huang, Others
Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges brought before some...
OccupyGhana Petitions AG Over ‘leaked’ Charges Against Aisha Huang, Others
Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) over what it claims to be minor charges...
Causes, Effects and Solutions
Illegal mining strips some 28 billion tons of material from the earth The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal...
‘Gov’t Must Engage Galamsayers’
An advocacy group, National Youth for Peace (NYfP), has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, engage all...
We Need To Rethink Mining In Ghana
James Kwabena Bomfeh has asked State authorities to "rethink mining" in the country. According to him, if mining cannot...
Detention of Aisha Huang; A Case of Rule of Law Or Hypocrisy
Detention of Aisha Huang; A case of rule of law or hypocrisy Aisha Hueng is the Chinese National at the center of the...
Okyehene To Sue Anyone Who Links Him To Galamsey
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has served notice that he would sue anyone who links him to galamsey...