The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey. A former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, had accused the government of losing the fight against galamsey because it was not using the right approach to fighting the … Read more
A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped in a galamsey pit at Nsuta in the Prestea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region. The decision to perform the mass burial service for the 22 death persons, according to information available to Today, was … Read more
Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the government will do all it can to support mining companies operating responsibly as a means of stimulating the country’s economic growth. The Vice President expressed his optimism at the positive outcome of the various fiscal policies being implemented under the new … Read more
The Agogo Magistrate, presided over by Mr. Stephen Tabi, has ordered five illegal miners to sign a bond be of good behavior for a period of six months. Akuinor Dotse, Savior Dejetomeh, Maxwell Zettor, Oliver Sodolo and Kwadwo Alfred would in breach of this, serve six months imprisonment in hard labor. They had been arrested … Read more
That Ghana is inviting the Chinese to mine bauxite at Atiwa and some other ore centres has made remarkable headlines this week. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says his government sought to leverage less than five percent of our bauxite deposits to unlock close to $20billion. According to him, Ghana has about 460million tonnes of bauxite … Read more
Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was … Read more
Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was … Read more
Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was … Read more
Twenty-two miners have now been declared dead after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, police said, increasing the toll from 17. Nsuta district police commander Superintendent Atsu Dzinaku said the toll was revised after more family members came forward to say one of their relatives was missing. “Initially they said five, 14, then 17, … Read more
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western Region have been given a mass burial. This was after search and rescue team indicated that their bodies could not be … Read more
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has indicated that illegal mining can be totally eradicated only if the approach is focused on employment and social development. The Union therefore charged government to pay more attention to the lack of economic opportunities, poverty and inequality in mining areas. “There is no excuse for engaging in any illegal … Read more
The Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister has with immediate effect, suspended search and rescue efforts for the victims of a collapsed mine pit at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western region. The 80-feet pit collapsed last Sunday and a rescue team comprising residents of the area has been retrieving bodies. At least 16 people remain buried … Read more
The collapsed mining pit in Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region has been sealed off completely, as per word given earlier by a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, though there are bodies buried underground. After the mine collapsed on Sunday, one miner was rescued alive while another, who had died, was drawn out by … Read more
Rescuers on Thursday called off a search for miners who were trapped underground after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, declaring 17 dead, a local lawmaker told AFP. Nsuta representative Williams Adomako said teams that were trying to rescue the miners after the pit caved in on Sunday managed to locate the body of … Read more
IT appears the aggressiveness with which we waged the war on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in our local parlance, is gradually waning. THE situation now is more of a relaxed campaign against the Galamsey fight. AND this has given some galamseyers the urge to continue their dangerous, destructive and illegal trade. IT is sad to hear that seventeen … Read more
The Government is set to deploy the military to illegal mining areas as it begins a new chapter in the war against the menace. The move by the government follows the recent collapse of a mining pit in Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region that has trapped at least 14 illegal miners. The trapped miners are … Read more
Rescuers were on Tuesday scrambling to locate survivors after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, trapping at least 17 miners underground. The abandoned mine in Prestea-Nsuta, which was more than 80 metres (260 feet) deep, caved in on Sunday afternoon as the miners were coming back to the surface. “As of now, we are … Read more
Prestea mine collapses… Up to 17 Galamsey operators are trapped underground in a mine which collapsed while they sought to mine there, contrary to government’s directive. The incident which took place in Prestea Nsuta Western region saw up to 14 people killed in the pit collapse. Five others, who managed to escape unhurt, are assisting the … Read more
Rescuers in Ghana are racing against time to find 14 missing miners trapped after an illegal pit collapsed in the country’s south officials said Monday. Police said they are still searching for survivors in Prestea-Nsuta, a town in Ghana’s Western Region, after an abandoned mine caved in on Sunday. “We can’t confirm if they are … Read more
At least 14 persons are feared dead when a mining pit collapsed on them on Sunday in the Western Region. The Nsuta District Police Command confirmed that the trapped were among 19 miners when the incident happened following a downpour. Five persons however managed to escape the fatal disaster in a mine located at Prestea-Nsuta. … Read more