The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members from further financial crisis. According to...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military protection. This comes weeks after the sector Minister, Peter John Amewu, criticized...
An audio visual device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has been discovered. Confirming the incident to Citi News, Mr....
Three Russians and a Ukrainian arrested at Tontokrom in the Ashanti Region for allegedly flouting the nation’s mining laws, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and undertaking...
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...
The Council of State has backed calls for a total review of Ghana’s small scale mining laws. Chairman of the council, Nana Otuo Serebour, said it is evident that current laws have failed to...
Members of the Ashanti Regional chapter of the Small Scale Miners moved out of their pits and Monday to join hundreds of Ghanaian workers to commemorate this year’s May Day celebrations. Clad in...
GOVERNMENT’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal gold miners, is expected to cost US$10 million. The programme is also underway,...
Government’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal miners, is expected to cost $10 millin. The programme is underway according to...
Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited, Ken Ashigbey, who has been a key figure in the fight against illegal mining, says the campaign must continue despite recent successes....
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government appears to be winning the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, as most operators have reportedly withdrawn from the sites nationwide. A...
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the illegal small scale miners who have vanished from the mining sites in the wake of the anti-galamsey campaign will not be allowed to return. John...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm has revealed that he was almost arrested for trying to stop some Chinese who were into illegal mining activities. According to...
The Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm, claims some large-scale mining companies are partly to blame for the illegal mining menace in the country. He said these companies,...
The Minerals Commission of Ghana is considering a suspension of the issuance of new licenses for small scale mining, to enable an overhaul of the country’s mining sector. This is in a bid to deal...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North, Mr Collins Owusu Amankwah has advised government to tread cautiously with its quest to stop illegal mining in the country. He explained that if care...
Rich gold mining villages and towns in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have been invaded by illegal Chinese gold miners, whose illegal gold mining activities have been severely...
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining activities in the short term. This is the caution from industry players. According to them,...
By: Badu K Truth be told, I cannot holdback my arousing disgust towards the ‘enemies of the state’-apologies to Anas Aremeyaw. Let us face it, though, the mass degradation of our countryside by...
Residents of Asamama, a community in the Atiwa District of the Eastern region have embarked on a demonstration to express their displeasure over the police shooting which led to the death of two...
