Occupational safety and health
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,...
Russian, Ukrainian Operators of Small-Scale Mining Company Arrested
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the...
Small-Scale Mining Company Shut Down; Russian, Ukrainian Operators Arrested
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the...
It’s Impacts On Health and the Environment; the Way Forward
In Ghana the mere mention of illegal small scale mining provokes unfounded accusations. The situation has led to...
Government Must Dutifully Account On Natural Resource Revenues To Citizens
An Economist with the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Fellow at the Central European University, David...
Give Mining Sector Agencies Prosecution Powers
A civil society group, Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is advocating for agencies in charge of mining activities...
We Need To Rethink Mining In Ghana
James Kwabena Bomfeh has asked State authorities to "rethink mining" in the country. According to him, if mining cannot...
Iran Mine Accident Search Ends With 43 Dead
Iranian rescue workers on Tuesday pulled out the 43rd and last body of victims killed in a mine explosion after six...
200 Schoolgirls In Hospital
The school girls were admitted to four hospitals after the gas leak, which hit during classes At least 200 schoolgirls...
India Gas Tanker Leak Sends 200 Students To Hospital
Nearly 200 school students were hospitalised Saturday after complaining of irritation in their eyes and throat...
Government Urged To Consider OSH Bill
Government has been urged to consider the national bill on Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) that seeks to cure...
Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay $110m In US Talc Cancer Case
Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US court to pay more than $110m (£85m) to a woman...
‘No Chance’ For Trapped Iran Miners
Iranian officials said Friday there was "no chance" of saving nine coal miners trapped for the past two days after a...
Amewu Stops Shanxii From Mining
A worker at the mining company was buried alive while drilling after a pit caved in The Minister of Lands and Natural...
Lands Minister Orders Shanxii Mining To Stop Work Following Tragedy
Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East...
Residents Want Popular Chinese Mine Shut Down
Concerned Citizens of Talensi is calling on the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to...
Talensi Group Wants Chinese Mining Company Expelled
A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Talensi (CCT), in the Upper East Region, are calling for the expulsion of...
Blast Traps At Least 26 Miners In Iran
An explosion at a mine in northern Iran on Wednesday left at least 26 workers trapped in a mile-long tunnel filled with...
Save Ghana From Cancers
CANCER Voices Gh, a registered cancer group, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the nation...