Irate Youth Loot, Vandalise Mining Company
Some irate youth have looted and vandalised properties of Geo Professional Services (GPS) Mining Company in the Amansie West District with damages running into millions of cedis. They caused...
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3 Russian, Ukrainian ‘galamseyers’ Dragged To Court
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...
Akandoh Invokes ‘Antoa Nyama’ On Obiri Boahen Over Galamsey
Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region, Kwabena Minta Akandoh has rained curses on Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Obiri Boahen for...
Galamsey Thrived Due To Total Breakdown of Law
The Lands and Forestry Minister says illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ thrived because of the total breakdown of law in the country. John Peter Amewu said stopping galamsey is not...
I See Glimpses of Sustainability In Galamsey Fight
A former Lands and Natural Resources Minister is seeing "glimpses of sustainability" in the current fight against galamsey mining despite being unhappy with the citizens disregard for the country's...
I Didn’t Fail – Victor Smith
Former Eastern Regional Minister Victor Smith has refuted suggestions that he failed to tackle illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. According to him, he was able to clamp down on the activity...
Community Members Ransack, Loot Property of GPS Mining Firm
Some people have ransacked and stolen almost every movable item belonging to the Geo Professional Services Limited (GPS Ltd), a mining firm, at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti...
Deal With Illegal Miners At the District Level – Group Tells Amewu
Members of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Mining (GNASSM) have called on the government to deal with illegal miners known as dredgers whose activities directly lead to the destruction...
Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100
Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For a country, popular for producing gold, diamond and other minerals, only 12...
HIV Prevalence Rate Increases In Kumasi
The HIV prevalence rate in the Kumasi Metropolis increased from 2.8 per cent in 2015 to 3.4 per cent in 2016, making Kumasi the third city in the country with a high HIV prevalence rate. The...
Gold Refinery To Create Jobs For Hundreds In Obuasi- Dannywise CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of Dannywise Estate and Construction Frank Danyansah has declared an audacious ambition to establish a contemporary gold refinery in Obuasi as part of his civic...
Govt Urged To Be Sensitive To Issues of Modern Slavery Like ‘galamsey’
Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa has lauded government’s unwavering commitment to fight illegal-mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the...
‘Lone Ranger’ Amewu Can’t Fight Galamsey – James Agalga
A former deputy Interior Minister has said the fight against illegal mining known as galamsey will be successful if all Ghanaians are brought on board. James Agalga said there is the need for a...
Prof. Martey Not Speaking ‘logically’
Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey has been slammed by former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Joseph Yamin for saying NDC and Mahama...
Military, Police Protecting Illegal Miners – Amewu Reveals
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that one of the impediments confronting the fight against illegal small-scale mining popularly called galamsey has been...
Asantehene Applauds Government For Fight Against Galamsey
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey), that is destroying the environment. He has, therefore, given his blessing to...
Detained Russians, Ukrainians To Be Sent To Accra
The two Russians and their two counterparts from Ukraine who were detained at the Kumasi Central Police station on Monday for mining beyond the allotted limits are to be sent to Accra later on...
Russians, Ukrainians Detained Over Illegal Mining [Photos]
The two Russians and Two Ukrainians who were arrested on Monday in Ghana for engaging in illegal mining spent the night at the Kumasi Central Police Station in the Central Region. They are expected...
Illegal Miners Smuggled $7bn Worth of Gold
More than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from the country in 2016 alone, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has...
Some Akufo-Addo Appointees ‘corrupt’
There are some corrupt appointees in the Nana Akufo-Addo government, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey, has said. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Prof...