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You Stop Galamsey,you Create A Bigger Problem – Baba Jamal

Former Member of Parliament for Akwatia, a constituency notorious for illegal mining, Baba Jamal, says the chorus...

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Stop Galamsey In 3 Weeks Or Face the Law

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has given a three-week ultimatum to all illegal...

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Chamber of Mines Urges Two Ministries To Liaise To Address Conflicts

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has called on the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) to...

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Ruby Rush Brings Gangland Turf War To Mozambique

The stakes are high in Montepuez where the discovery of rubies has led to violence among miners that has turned the...

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Mr Minister, Stop Begging and Enforce the Law

Galamsey operations over the years have destroyed most of our agriculture lands, as well as polluted many water bodies...

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FoN Urges Gov’t To Stop Use of Mercury In Gold Mining

A socio-environmental advocacy NGO based in the Western Region, the Friends of the Nation (FoN), has urged government...

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China To Help Ghana Stop Illegal Mining

Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are...

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$2.3bn Lost To Galamsey In 2016

An estimated $2.3billion worth of gold left the shores of Ghana through illicit small-scale mining (galamsey) in 2016,...

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Manso Adubia Streams Left With Chemicals and No Fish After ‘galamsey’

The Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti Region has seen the illegal mining activities over the past few years...

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Chinese Embassy Pledges To Help Government Fight ‘galamsey’

The Chinese diplomatic mission in Ghana has pledged its support to government to help in the fight against illegal...

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Illegal Chinese Miners Invade Villages In Wassa East District

Rich gold mining villages and towns in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have been invaded by illegal...

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Ghana Chamber of Mines Commited To Environmental Standards

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has reiterated its commitment to good environmental management and to ensuring that the...

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Ban Small Scale Mining To End Galamsey- Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has proposed a total ban on small scale mining in the...

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Five Chinese Galamsey Operators Busted

An operation by the Western Regional Police Command to flush out miscreants engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) in...

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Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Inaugurates Advisory Board

An eight-member advisory board for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has been inaugurated with a call on the...

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Every year this time, you are rudely shocked by news and pictures of wind and rainstorms mangling cars, mowing...

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Govt To Roll Out ‘sustained’ Clampdown On Illegal Mining

The Interior Ministry has announced plans to roll out a sustained nationwide campaign against illegal miners whose...

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Government To Roll Out ‘sustained’ Clampdown On Illegal Mining

The Interior Ministry has announced plans to roll out a sustained nationwide campaign against illegal miners whose...

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Sierra Leone Pastor’s 709-Carat Find

Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his...