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 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...
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...
Members of Ghana National Association of Small Miners (GNASSM) have accused their leadership of taking bribes from the government to call off a planned demonstration. They have accused their Ashanti...
The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has revealed that most second cycle institutions in the Central Region are on lands that have not been properly acquired. The situation, he stated,...
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...
The former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has debunked claims by the former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana that illegal mining blossomed under former...
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...
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...
Though there exist laws on small scale mining, according to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines report, illegal mining activities (galamsey) have been increasing with an estimated number between 300,000...
The youth of Akyem Abekoase have burnt down the operating machines of Dankwa Investment, small scale mining firm in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The machines costing about $1.5million consisting of...
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged small-scale miners in the Ashanti Region to comply with government’s ban on all forms of small scale mining. According to him, the ban is a step in...
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. According to him,...
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them to return to their pits or face their wrath. “We have given the president...
Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them to return to their pits or face their wrath. “We have given the president...
Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges brought before some suspected Chinese illegal miners, thus prompting a petition to the Attorney General’s...
The Kumasi Diocese of the Methodist Church-Ghana has urged President Akufo-Addo to prosecute those who have looted state funds, to deter others from also doing so. Right Rev Christopher Nyarko Andam,...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has declared that illegal gold small-scale mining activities, popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ have stopped in the...
