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 was not taken, such outright ban would lead to serious unemployment issues. Mr Amankwah was sharing his view about the effect of … Read more
The stakes are high in Montepuez where the discovery of rubies has led to violence among miners that has turned the northern town into what some describe as Mozambique’s own version of the Wild West. Discovery of the red gemstone in 2009 sparked a “ruby rush”, with thousands of miners arriving to seek their fortune, … Read more
Galamsey operations over the years have destroyed most of our agriculture lands, as well as polluted many water bodies in Ghana. This has subsequently led to water shortages in some parts of the country. The saddest part of this is that most of these illegal galamsey operations are carried out by Chinese nationals who use … Read more
A socio-environmental advocacy NGO based in the Western Region, the Friends of the Nation (FoN), has urged government to rope in relevant stakeholders in its bid to reduce and eliminate the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining. This follows Ghana’s ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury which is a global treaty to protect people … Read more
Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are contributing to the destruction of Ghana’s environment through illegal mining. The Chinese government has pledged its support to Ghana to help in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ involving some of its nationals. A delegation from the Chinese Embassy … Read more
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 affecting water bodies, cocoa plantation and forest reserves, Today investigations have discovered. The Chinese illegal miners, headquartered in Wassa Akropong, the capital town of … Read more
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has proposed a total ban on small scale mining in the country as a means of stopping the distraction that the activity causes to the environment. The issue of galamsey (illegal small scale mining) has been an age old problem with successive governments finding it very … Read more
A research to assess the effect of excessive use of mercury in gold extraction on artisanal miners and residents of mining communities in Ghana is currently underway. The miners are said to be exposed to cancer-related diseases. The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) is funding the 1.5 million-dollar research to assess the environmental and socio-economic … Read more
Residents of four communities in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region are demanding immediate action from government to halt the takeover of their lands by some foreign nationals for mining activities. The residents who are from Adiembra, Japa, Gyaaman and one other claim some Chinese and Indian nationals as well as an … Read more
Latest: Gov’t exposed over plans to allow mining in forest reserves We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment INVESTIGATIONS conducted by Today have revealed plans by government to permit surface gold mining activities in the country’s forest reserves by some multinational companies including local ones. These forest sites, Today uncovered are; Tano Suraw Forest … Read more
Friends of the Nation, a socio-economic advocacy NGO in the Western Region, has started a regional consultative stakeholder engagement seeking to promote the use of new technologies in place of mercury in small-scale mining. The move is in line with the Minamata Convention, which among other things seeks an end to the use of harmful … Read more
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, the country also risks huge revenue losses from small scale mining which accounts for about thirty percent of the total … Read more
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 the recalcitrant illegal miners is outrageous. Nevertheless, the mining sector regulators and other law enforcement bodies are somehow wholly unaware of the … Read more
I join the over 5 million Ghanaians who voted for you on December 7 to congratulate you on your historic victory. Your win margin has never been witnessed in our presidential history. It’s been a deserving third time victory. For some of us, it’s a new opportunity for Ghana to see new approach at solving … Read more
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in Ghana, bringing in about 16 billion US dollars. Gold production increased by 93 per cent from 2.24 million ounces in 2002 to over 4.3 million ounces in 2014. However, in 2015, there was a significant reduction … Read more
Mr Prince William Ankrah, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has called for a local content law specific to the mining sector in order to reverse the decreasing Ghanaian participation. Speaking at the just ended National Executive Council Meeting of the Union in Accra, Mr Ankrah said over the last 100 … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the National Democratric Congress (NDC), will reclassify the Ghana’s mining code oto include artisanal gold mining. This according to him, will curb illegal mining (Galamsey), which has become rampant in many gold mining areas of the country. Speaking at a campaign rally at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the National Democratric Congress (NDC), will reclassify the Ghana’s mining code oto include artisanal gold mining. This according to him, will curb illegal mining (Galamsey), which has become rampant in many gold mining areas of the country. Speaking at a campaign rally at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa … Read more
A Ghanaian IT professional, Sesinam Dagadu has been shortlisted for the prestigious Africa Engineering Innovation award. He is in the list with 14 other innovators from Africa. CodeRed is a logistics app which significantly reduces emergency response time through a custom-made mapping system for urban areas that don’t have formal addresses. Using software originally written … Read more
Small scale illegal miners at Akyem Asamama community in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region have stepped up their search for about five of their members believed to have been gunned down into the Birim River during clashes with the anti-galamsey tasksforce. The leader of the miners, Kelvin Asiameh Kobina told Kojo Ansah, EIB’s … Read more