Figures from the US Department of Labour also showed the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.4%, compared with 4.5% in March. The rebound in the jobs market could pave the way for the US central...
Reports from Segyimase near Kyebi in the East Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region indicate that illegal mining activities are gradually resurfacing. These indications come some three weeks after...
Member of Parliament for Talensi BT Baba has debunked a national security confidential report accusing him of illegally owning and mining in the Upper East Region. The enigmatic law maker, sports...
Some chiefs and political figures in the country have been cited in a report by the Bureau of National Investigations for involvement in illegal mining. The 31-page report details all the 216...
Illegal galamsey miners are set to return to site not to deplete and pollute the environment but to work towards reclaiming areas devastated by the illegal mining activity. According to the Lands and...
The government has temporarily suspended the operations of Shaanxi Ghana Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. According to a letter signed by...
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be effective at monitoring activities of small scale miners if it legalizes...
A worker at the mining company was buried alive while drilling after a pit caved in The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has ordered Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited to stop...
play videoPeter Amewu is Minister for Lands and Natural Resources As the fight against galamsey continues, the Multimedia Group Limited is holding a leadership forum with stakeholders; the focus of...
Some displaced mineworkers at Gbani in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have levelled strong threats to start a new life with armed robbery after government struck their employers, the...
Secretary-General of the Mineworkers’ Union, Prince William Ankrah said the union has on countless occasions raised concern about the devastating nature of illegal small scale mining, commonly...
Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East region to stop work following the tragic death of seven miners. The death of...
Prince William Ankrah, General Secretary of the Ghana Mine workers Union, has hailed government and stakeholders’ efforts at tackling illegal mining, which has destroyed Ghana’s water bodies...
The career of Australia's most decorated shooter Michael Diamond appears to have come to an end after a court found him guilty of firearms and drink-driving offences, and banned him from holding a...
Over 80 West Africans who have previously attended Australian-funded mining courses met on 27 April in Accra to share knowledge and understanding of current challenges and opportunities in the region...
Concerned Citizens of Talensi is calling on the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to revoke the mining licenses of two small-scale mining companies in Gbane in the...
International Association for impact Ghana (IAIA) is calling on government to embark on a rapid environmental audit and a Strategic environmental Assessment appraisal to determine mining areas for...
The Minerals Commission Ladies (MICLA) says it is ready to bargain for a mutual agreement with the various women who are involved in illegal mining. On Friday, April 28, some of the country’s women...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday blamed "lobby money" for the downfall of his outspoken environment secretary Regina Lopez, who earned the ire of the country's mining industry after...
Golden Star Resources Ltd. has recorded the strongest quarterly production since cessation of refractory operation, the miner has announced in its financial and operational results for the first...
