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 protection. This ...
Tag: illicit mining
Small-Scale Mining Ban To Exceed Six Months
The ban on small-scale mining may extend beyond the stipulated six months. The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, ...
Small-Scale Mining Ban To Exceed Six Months If…
The ban on small-scale mining may extend beyond the stipulated six months. The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, ...
We’ve Also Fought Against Galamsey
Mike Gizo, Executive Member of the Small-scale Miners Association in the Ashanti Region, has said licensed small-scale miners have over ...
Government To Deploy Drones To Fight Galamsey
Government will soon deploy drones to monitor water bodies across the country in the quest to halt illegal mining popularly ...
I Won’t Bow To Pressure – Amewu
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said he will not kowtow to pressure from small-scale ...
We Can’t Act On ‘questionable’ BNI Galamsey Report – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has sought to discredit a supposed Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report, implicating the ...
We Can’t Act On ‘questionable’ BNI Galamsey Report
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has sought to discredit a supposed Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report, implicating the ...
Anti-Galamsey Approach Bad
The strategy adopted by the Akufo-Addo government in the fight against illicit mining (galamsey) is not the best, Bernard Mornah, ...
Government Will Cater For Welfare of Illegal Miners – Amewu
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has urged illegal miners to take advantage of the ...
Gov’t Will Cater For Welfare of Illegal Miners
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has urged illegal miners to take advantage of the ...
Media, Partners Paint Ghana Red Today To Raise Voices Against Galamsey
Ghana goes red today as the media advocacy to end illegal mining (galamsey) switches its activities to another dimension. The ...
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 ...
Media Coalition Tells Government
The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group, Kenneth Ashigbey, has suggested to the government to place a ban on ...
Gov’t Suspends Licenses For Small Scale Mining
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, yesterday announced that Government had suspended the issuance of licences for ...
BNI Operatives Engaged In Galamsey – David Agbey
David Agbey, has revealed that there are several operatives of the BNI involved in illicit mining A security expert, David ...
Galamsey Polluting Ivory Coast’s Water Bodies
Ivorian authorities want the government of Ghana to stop the activities of illegal miners as the menace is impacting negatively ...
Only Incompetence Will Make Government Complain of ‘galamsey’- Ernesto
A member of the Economic Fighters League and National Youth Organizer has slammed President Akufo-Addo for complaining about the activities ...
China To Help Ghana Stop Illegal Mining
Mr Amewu during the meeting literally begged China to help in the fight against Chinese galamsey operators who are contributing to the ...
$2.3bn Lost To Galamsey In 2016
An estimated $2.3billion worth of gold left the shores of Ghana through illicit small-scale mining (galamsey) in 2016, Minister of ...