The Circuit Court in Accra will on June 14 decided whether to grant bail to the four Russians arrested in the Ashanti Region for engaging in small-scale mining without appropriate licences. Farid...
About 500 workers of Shaanxi Mining Company Limited operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, who were sent home to enable the Inspectorate Division of the Minerals...
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested near Kyebi in the Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining. A surface mining equipment was found at the scene of a devastated parcel of land hedged by...
Security Analyst, Dr. Kwesi Anning, has said government deserves commendation for the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the country. According to him, persons behind the booming...
Security Analyst, Dr. Kwesi Anning, has said government deserves commendation for the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the country. According to him, persons behind the booming...
Seasoned Journalist Kweku Baako Jnr. has been slammed by former Youth and Sports Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Joseph Yamin for publishing in ‘The New Crusading Guide’ the...
The Independent presidential candidate in 2016 General elections, Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah affectionately called JOY, has appealed to the leadership of Ghana National Association Small Scale Miners...
The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has called on government to allow its members to go back to work after being rendered jobless for three...
Embattled Chinese galamsey queen, Aisha Huang may not be the real kingpin of illegal mining activities in Ghana after all if what the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited...
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Mr Tony Aubyn has denied calling for the suspension of the six-month moratorium on small scale mining as being speculated by some media reports. Dr....
The ongoing “war” waged by government against illegal miners has already chalked some successes. But like many believe, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu cannot continue...
Some natives of Gbani, a rural community in the Talensi District of the Upper East region, have spoken strongly of a possible violent clash as they allege that a Chinese company barred three weeks...
Former Central Regional Minister Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has charged government to ban all forms of small-scale mining for at least 10 years. He was of the view that illegal mining, popularly known as...
At the end of a narrow road stands the dilapidated husk of a golf clubhouse, now overrun with tall weeds and creepers. It stands as a reminder of better times for the once booming mining town of...
Ghana is not poor afterall; We did not need Aisha Huang to come and tell us They came from thousands of miles away, crossing oceans and mountains, arrived in the country and went deep into our...
Executive Director of IDEG, Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has asserted that Ghana’s state institutions are being controlled and manipulated by powerful unseen individuals who have special interests in the...
The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South in the Central Region, Kwaku Ricketts Hagan has called for a ten- year ban on all forms of small scale mining. He believes this will ensure proper...
The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South in the Central Region, Kwaku Ricketts Hagan has called for a ten- year ban on all forms of small scale mining. He believes this will ensure proper...
Three Russians and a Ukrainian accused of dealing in illegal mining (galamsey) at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region have been dragged before the Accra Circuit Court. The...
One of the panellists on the extended New Day programme on 3FM on Saturday, May 27 has advocated a total ban on all forms of small-scale mining in Ghana. Edgar Wiredu, a political analyst, bemoaned...
