The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has unveiled an ambitious plan to increase the tourist attraction of the Bosomtwe Lake, the largest natural fresh water body in the West African sub-region. This...
By: Badu K Truth be told, I cannot holdback my arousing disgust towards the ‘enemies of the state’-apologies to Anas Aremeyaw. Let us face it, though, the mass degradation of our countryside by...
Mining equipment and engineering giant, Sandvik Mining & Construction Ltd., has joined several companies in a career fair held last week at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...
India's economic growth rate fell to seven percent in the third quarter of the financial year after the controversial ban on high-value banks notes in November, the government said Tuesday. Gross...
It’s time for Africa to take a firm grip of its resources. As a matter of fact the time is long overdue. The continent has iron, cobalt, uranium, gold, salt, diamond, copper, silver, bauxite,...
Ghana may soon import drinking water from neighbouring countries if illegal mining also known ‘galamsey’ is not checked. According to the Director for Natural Resources at the Environmental...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, has expressed government’s resolve to address the activities of illegal small-scale miners, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, in...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has hinted to Citi Business News government may relook the laws governing local content participation in the mining sector to prevent...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has hinted to Citi Business News government may relook the laws governing local content participation in the mining sector to prevent...
The devastating effect of surface, small scale and illegal mining in post 2000s is no longer news. Fact is, from Kyebi to Amansie, Offin Dunkwa to Wassa Akropong, illegal mining is done in the open...
RESIDENTS of Nyame Ani, a farming community in Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, have bemoaned the rampant killing of innocent persons and children by huge pits created by both licensed...
Increased Chinese spending on housing and hopes of an infrastructure bonanza in the US and India are driving a recovery in resources giants, analysts said, with major miners raking in huge profits. A...
An estimated $250 million is required to reclaim lands and water bodies affected by illegal mining (galamsey) activities in the Western Region, the International Growth Centre (IGC) has said. A study...
Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, is optimistic that gold output from producing member-companies will increase by some 400,000 ounces this year. He told the B&FT...
After more than three years of non-payment of dividends to its shareholders, mining giant AngloGold Ashanti is to resume payments after lower operating and interest costs helped it nearly double it...
The Chamber of Mines, acting on behalf of gold producers AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony and Sibanye, welcomes the ruling by the Constitutional Court in favour of the gold producers. The ruling relates to...
This rate is 1.7 percent lower than the rate recorded in December 2016 which was 4.9 percent. The monthly change rate for January 2017 was 2.1 percent. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the...
South Africa's finance minister warned Wednesday of "growing impatience and ferment" over post-apartheid inequality and slow growth as he presented a budget that raised taxes on the wealthy. Pravin...
AngloGold Ashanti lifted force majeure on its Ghanaian Obuasi mine on Tuesday after the removal of thousands of illegal miners but said it was too early to determine the extent of damage to the...
You are deemed powerful and influential in many facets of our lives. You have, and continue to be the face of tradition whenever our culture is mentioned. You are the ones we resort to for wisdom...
