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Women Take Front Role In Combating Climate Change Under Ghana-DGM
Residents of 52 communities in the Brong Ahafo and Western regions are to be empowered and supported with knowledge and...
Ban On Small Scale Mining Likely To Be Extended Again
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbra Oteng Gyasi, says government is yet to decide on when to lift...
Mining Firm To Lay Off 1,500 Workers; Here’s Why
Popular mining firm, Gold Fields Ghana, has disclosed plans to dismiss about 1,500 of its workers. The massive...
15 ‘galamseyers’ Arrested, Over 170 Gold Machines Burnt
Fifteen illegal miners operating within the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region have been arrested by a...
Extension of Ban Pointless; Small Scale Miners Cry Foul
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale...
Gov’t To Spend GHC60K To Reclaim A Hectare of ‘galamsey’ Land
A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small-scale miners would cost the government GH¢ 60,000...
Gov’t To Roll Out Reforestation Program In 2018
The government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been taking giant strides towards ensuring that illegal mining commonly known in...
Govt To Spend $3m On Drones To Nab Illegal Miners
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that government is in the process...
Lands Minister Orders Companies To Get Requisite Permit Or…
The Minister of Lands, John Peter Amewu has announced he will enforce strict observance of Ghana’s law by all mining...
Forest Watch Backs Supreme Court Action Against Exton Cubic
Civil society organisation Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has backed a move to legally contest the mining right given Exton...
What Operation Vanguard Is Saying
Four alleged illegal miners are reported to have died under strange and mysterious circumstances at Akukuso, a village...
AG, Minerals Commission Et Al Sued Over Salt Mines In Keta
The Anlo Youth Council has filed a legal suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney General, Minerals Commission,...
Make Roadmap of Anti-Galamsey Taskforce Public
A member of the communication team of the National Democratic Congress, Chief Biney, has called on President Nana Addo...
See the Gallant Soldiers Deployed To Protect Mines Against Illegal Mining
Galamsey fight -In a bid to kick out the illicit act, the Military Command has deployed personnel to protect mining...
Galamsey Fight Gets Tough: Military Deploys 10 Platoons To Mining Sites
The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten...
Prof Dodoo Appointed Head of Ghana Standards Authority
A clinical pharmacologist and pharmacist, with extensive experience in drug safety, vaccine safety, harmonisation...
Anglo American Sets Aside $101m For Silicosis Claims
British miner Anglo American has set aside $101 million (87 million euros) to cover potential damages for former South...
Anti-Galamsey Team Destroys Illegal Mining Equipment
A combined anti-galamsey (illegal mining) task-force and monitoring team in the Upper-Denkyira East and West Districts...
Galamsey: Two Confirmed Dead
Two persons have been confirmed dead after an illegal mining pit caved in at Petrensa in the Asante Akyim Central...