Traditional Leaders, State Officials Are Sponsoring Galamsey Impunity – Baako
Senior journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jr., says operations of small scale miners popularly known as Galamsey are sponsored by ...
Tag: Minerals Commission
Winning The Sand And Losing Fisheries-A Growing Coastal Belt Problem In Ghana
For decades sand wining and gravel extraction have become prevalent along the coast, where fishing is predominant. The combined effect ...
Price of Gold To Remain Under Pressure – Chamber of Mines Boss
President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, expects the price of gold to remain under pressure for ...
Chinese Galamseyers Take Over Wassa Forests
Hundreds of residents in Wassa Juabo in the Amenfi Central Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday, 20 October went ...
‘No Galamsey, No Vote’ Threats
The threats by illegal miners at Obuasi not to vote in December’s presidential and parliamentary polls if they are not ...
Galamseyers Will ‘fight To Death’
Galamseyers in the country will “fight to the death” to “protect their livelihood,” security analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has warned, ...
Obuasi Police Invites Leaders of Rampaging Illegal Miners For Questioning
The Obuasi police have invited the leadership of the Artisanal Miners Association for questioning after members of the group went ...
Medeama Not For Sale
The Board chairman of Medeama Sporting Club, Dr Tony Aubynn, says he has managed to convince the owner of the ...
Could Ghana’s Illegal Gold Miners Evolve Into Allies Of Global Terrorist Organisations?
There is no question that illegal gold miners are a real threat to national security in our homeland Ghana. Ditto ...
No Galamsey, No Vote
About 200 irate youth in the Obuasi East municipality of the Ashanti Region have vandalised the offices of the governing ...
Illegal Miners Must Leave AngloGold’s Obuasi Site – Minerals Commission
The Minerals Commission has given the strongest indication yet for illegal miners still occupying the Obuasi concession, of AngloGold Ashanti, ...
Illegal Miners Relocated From AngloGold Concession
The Minerals Commission has started the allocation of concessions to unauthorised miners who have invaded the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi ...
Illegal Miners Begin To Abandon Obuasi Mine
The Minerals Commission is hopeful illegal miners occupying Anglogold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine, will comply with its directive for them to ...
Illegal Miners Vacate AngloGold Ashanti’s Concession Today
Illegal miners operating on the concession of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) at Obuasi are to completely evacuate the mines today, Monday, ...
SADA To Become NADA In Ayariga’s Government
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) will be restructured and rechristened as the Northern Accelerated Development Authority (NADA) in the ...
Illegal Miners On AngloGold Ashanti Lands To Be Forced Out Monday
The Minerals Commission has sent a strong word to illegal small scale miners who have taken over AngloGold Ashanti concessions ...
Mining Firms Adopt Renewable Energy To Reduce Costs
Citi Business News has gathered that mining companies in the country have resorted to renewable energy as a supplement to ...
Galamsey Threatens Komenda Sugar Factory
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has bemoaned the activities of illegal miners(galamsey) as it threatens ...
Minerals Commission Debunks Randgold’s Allegations
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission Dr. Toni Aubynn has rejected claims that the government refused to ...
Galamsey, A ‘simple Matter of Law Enforcement’
Environment Minister Mahama Ayariga has vowed to put pressure on law enforcement agencies to clamp down on illegal mining (galamsey), ...