Fighting Illegal Mining In Ghana (1) What Is the Position of the Law?
Fighting illegal mining in Ghana (1) what is the position of the law? Galamsey is a national security issue that ...
Tag: Minerals Commission
9 Mining Officers Interdicted Over Galamsey Fight
Government has interdicted the nine district mining officers of the Minerals Commission who were asked to proceed on an indefinite ...
Joyce Aryee Makes Case For Galamseyers; Advocates Different Approach
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines Joyce Aryee says the fight against illegal small-scale mining should ...
69 Illegal Mining Machines Confiscated and Destroyed At Dunkwa Offin
Sixty nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti galamsey taskforce at Dunkwa Offin The ‘Stop ...
Illegal Mining Machines Destroyed In Renewed Crackdown In Dunkwa-On-Offin
Sixty-nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti-galamsey taskforce in Dunkwa-on-Offin, Central Region. The ‘Stop Galamsey ...
19 Galamsey Machines Burnt
Operation Stop Galamsey Taskforce at Dunkwa Offin has burnt 19 illegal mining machines known in the local parlance as (Toetoeto) ...
Dunkwa Chief Destroys 19 Galamsey Machines
The Stop Galamsey Operation Taskforce in Dunkwa in the Central Region has destroyed 19 machines used by galamsey operators. The ...
$41m Bauxite Receipts ‘missing’ In Audited Accounts of BoG – PAC
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to provide data on bauxite exports for 2015 to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ...
BoG Backs Laws To Demand Data On Gold Exports
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export ...
Are We Tackling the Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual ...
Provide Details On 2015 Bauxite Export – PAC Orders BoG
The Public Accounts Committee has directed the Bank of Ghana to immediately furnish it with details of proceeds from the ...
BoG Sweats Over 40,000 Tons of Bauxite Export
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) appears to have little or no knowledge about 40,000 metric tons of bauxite worth US$41million ...
Are We Tackling Deadly Galamsey Pestilence With Kid Gloves?
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual ...
Lands Minister Sacks 9 District Mine Inspectors
Nine district mine officers of the Minerals Commission have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave with immediate effect. The ...
Government To Reclaim 1.5 Per Cent of Degraded Lands
The 1.5 per cent degraded lands out of the 238,000 kilometre square of the country, would be rehabilitated, Mr John ...
Apologise To Okyenhene For Galamsey Comments – Group To Aburihene
The Okyeman Youth Association (OYA) has called on the Aburihene, Otobour Gyan Kwasi, to render apology to the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo ...
Fight Against Galamsey Requires Well-Thought Plan, Strong Leadership – Mishio
A former chairman of Ghana’s national security committee for Lands and Natural Resources, Brigadier General Daniel K. Mishio, says the ...
Minister On Right Course With ‘galamsey’ Directive
Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee has thrown her weight behind the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, for ...
Amewu ‘grills’ Minerals Commission Boss Over Mining License
Lands and Natural Resource Minister, John Peter Amewu could not come to terms with the explanation provided by the Chief ...
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 ...