Traditional mining
Lands Ministry Names Mining Firms With ‘military Protection’
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military...
Hidden ‘spying’ Device Uncovered In Amewu’s Office
An audio visual device believed to have been secretly planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural...
3 Russians, Ukranian Arrested For Galamsey Charged
Three Russians and a Ukrainian arrested at Tontokrom in the Ashanti Region for allegedly flouting the nation’s mining...
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...
Council of State Backs Review of Small Scale Mining Laws
The Council of State has backed calls for a total review of Ghana’s small scale mining laws. Chairman of the council,...
Small Scale Miners Register Displeasure At Gov’t Over Galamsey
Members of the Ashanti Regional chapter of the Small Scale Miners moved out of their pits and Monday to join hundreds...
MMIP For Miners To Cost US$10m
GOVERNMENT’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal...
Alternative Livelihood Programme For Illegal Miners To Cost $10m
Government’s five-year Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP), an alternative livelihood programme for illegal...
Anti-Galamsey Success ‘just the Beginning’ – Ken Ashigbey
Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited, Ken Ashigbey, who has been a key figure in the fight...
Galamseyers Vacate Sites; Chinese Beg
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government appears to be winning the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as...
Vanished Illegal Miners Will Not Be Allowed To Return
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the illegal small scale miners who have vanished from the mining sites in...
I Was Almost Arrested For Stopping Illegal Chinese Miners
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm has revealed that he was almost arrested for...
Some Mining Companies Give Part of Concessions To Illegal Miners
The Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm, claims some large-scale mining companies are partly to...
Issuance of Small-Scale Mining Licenses To Be Suspended
The Minerals Commission of Ghana is considering a suspension of the issuance of new licenses for small scale mining,...
MP Urges Gov’t To Tread Cautiously On Illegal Mining Clamp Down
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North, Mr Collins Owusu Amankwah has advised government to tread cautiously...
Illegal Chinese Miners Invade Villages In Wassa East District
Rich gold mining villages and towns in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have been invaded by illegal...
Refineries Threaten Boycott of Ghana Gold Over Galamsey
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining activities...
Weep For Ghana!
By: Badu K Truth be told, I cannot holdback my arousing disgust towards the ‘enemies of the state’-apologies to...
Asamama Residents Demonstrate Against Police Over Shooting Incident
Residents of Asamama, a community in the Atiwa District of the Eastern region have embarked on a demonstration to...