What Operation Vanguard Is Saying
Four alleged illegal miners are reported to have died under strange and mysterious circumstances at Akukuso, a village close to ...
Tag: Excavator
Government To Review Mining Laws
The government intends amending legislation on mining to include medium-scale mining activities, Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural ...
Aisha’s Excavators Were Released Because Seizure Was Unauthorized – Ex Minister
Former Ashanti Regional Minister in the erstwhile John Mahama administration, John Alexander Ackon has explained the reasons for the release ...
Army Chief Suspended Over ‘galamsey’
Lieutenant Colonel GNK Hoenyedzi, Commanding Officer of 2 Battalion of Infantry (2Bn), Takoradi has been recalled to the Southern Command ...
Amewu Orders Removal of Excavators From Mining Sites
The Minister's tour of some sites in W/R revealed some equipment still on site Lands and Natural Resources Minister John ...
Move Excavators From Mining Sites Within 30 Days – Lands Minister
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has ordered owners of earth moving equipment and excavators operating in ...
I’ll Not Let Galamsey Destroy Ghana
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he will not allow illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) to destroy Ghana. At a durbar at ...
We’ll Not Allow Galamsey To Destroy Our Nation – Nana Addo
President Nana Akufo Addo has reiterated his resolve to deal with illegal mining, popularly referred to as Galamsey. Speaking at ...
We’ll Not Allow Galamsey To Destroy Our Nation
President Nana Akufo Addo has reiterated his resolve to deal with illegal mining, popularly referred to as Galamsey. Speaking at ...
Excavators Will Now Operate With Permits – Amewu
Earth moving machines will henceforth operate with permits in the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter ...
Excavators Removed From Mining Sites As Ultimatum Expires
The nationwide campaign against illegal mining activities has yielded dividends as heavy equipment used in the operation move from mining ...
Galamseyers At Akrofusu Defy Government’s Ultimatum
Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern Region seem unperturbed. ...
Ministerial Task-Force Tours Galamsey Sites [Photos]
A ministerial task-force has toured some illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region, as government’s three-weeks ultimatum to the miners ...
Anti-Galamsey Group Declares Red Friday
Media practitioners across the country will be required to wear red attire on Friday, 21 April as a sign of ...
4 More Chinese Arrested In Ghana Over Galamsey
The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested four Chinese nationals for allegedly mining illegally at Topreman, a village near Akwatia ...
Excavators Seized From Galamseyers Must Be Blown Up – Minister
Minister for Land and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, is advocating a radical solution to the menace of illegal mining. ...
Australian Man Trapped In Dam With Nose Just Above Water
An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a ...
Ex-MP Denies Confiscating Grader
Bright Kodzo Demordzi, former Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfrom, has rejected reports that he is holding on to ...
Gov’t To Pay Wontumi US$1bn Judgement Debt
The invasion and subsequent burning of mining equipment and some other properties belonging to HANSOL Mining Limited by the inter-ministerial ...