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...
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...
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the foreign-operated Geo Professional Services to shut down with immediate effect. The...
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the foreign-operated Geo Professional Services to shut down with immediate effect. The...
In Ghana the mere mention of illegal small scale mining provokes unfounded accusations. The situation has led to disputing rightly formulated and comprehensive measures to tackle the menace galamsey...
An Economist with the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Fellow at the Central European University, David Mihalyi, has underscored the need for citizens to continue to ask questions regarding...
A civil society group, Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is advocating for agencies in charge of mining activities to be given the power to prosecute offenders of mining laws in Ghana. According...
James Kwabena Bomfeh has asked State authorities to "rethink mining" in the country. According to him, if mining cannot be regularized to ensure the activities of the miners do not lead to...
Iranian rescue workers on Tuesday pulled out the 43rd and last body of victims killed in a mine explosion after six days of round-the-clock digging, the state broadcaster reported. The explosion...
The school girls were admitted to four hospitals after the gas leak, which hit during classes At least 200 schoolgirls have been hospitalised in the Indian capital Delhi after a gas leak from a...
Nearly 200 school students were hospitalised Saturday after complaining of irritation in their eyes and throat following a gas leak in New Delhi, police said. Classes were underway when gas leaked...
Government has been urged to consider the national bill on Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) that seeks to cure challenges on safety especially in the extractive industry. “Currently, we have a...
Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US court to pay more than $110m (£85m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using its talcum powder. Lois Slemp,...
Iranian officials said Friday there was "no chance" of saving nine coal miners trapped for the past two days after a tunnel collapse that has already claimed at least 26 lives. Toxic gases have...
A worker at the mining company was buried alive while drilling after a pit caved in The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has ordered Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited to stop...
Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East region to stop work following the tragic death of seven miners. The death of...
Concerned Citizens of Talensi is calling on the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to revoke the mining licenses of two small-scale mining companies in Gbane in the...
A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Talensi (CCT), in the Upper East Region, are calling for the expulsion of Chinese firm, Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited in the Gbane area with immediate...
An explosion at a mine in northern Iran on Wednesday left at least 26 workers trapped in a mile-long tunnel filled with gas that hampered rescue efforts, media reports said. The coal mine in Golestan...
CANCER Voices Gh, a registered cancer group, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the nation from cancers and their related complications. Making their case during this...
