‘Bigger Hand’ Protecting Galamsey Operators
As steps are taken to flush out people who engage in the galamsey business, the Public Relations Officer for Minerals ...
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Ambrose Dery Hails Media’s Role In Galamsey Fight
The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, has hailed the media for its efforts in the fight against illegal mining through ...
Issuance of Small-Scale Mining Licenses To Be Suspended
The Minerals Commission of Ghana is considering a suspension of the issuance of new licenses for small scale mining, to enable ...
Organisation Lauds Ghana For Ratifying Mercury Convention
Friends of the Nation (FoN), an environmental non-governmental organisation has commended the Government for ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury. ...
Chamber of Mines Urges Two Ministries To Liaise To Address Conflicts
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has called on the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) to liaise with ...
FoN Urges Gov’t To Stop Use of Mercury In Gold Mining
A socio-environmental advocacy NGO based in the Western Region, the Friends of the Nation (FoN), has urged government to rope ...
Chinese Illegal Miners To Reappear In Court On April 10
The Chinese illegal miners and their Ghanaian accomplices who were arrested on River Ankobra in the Western Region last Friday, appeared ...
Illegal Chinese Miners Invade Villages In Wassa East District
Rich gold mining villages and towns in the Wassa East District of the Western Region have been invaded by illegal ...
Ghana Chamber of Mines Commited To Environmental Standards
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has reiterated its commitment to good environmental management and to ensuring that the industry’s operations ...
Group Petitions IGP To Arrest Chiefs Fueling Galamsey
A Group of farmers in the Ashanti region have asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Appeatu to arrest ...
BECE Candidate Drowns In Abandoned Galamsey Pit
A 15-year-old Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate of the Sekyere Himang Methodist JHS in the Wassa East District of ...
Stop the Senseless Mining In Ghana
I have observed that in this country, when some institutions or organizations are given statutory or constitutional powers to execute ...
How Laxity and Greed Worsened Galamsey
All rivers were not polluted in a day. All of us including you, yes you my reader saw the rivers ...
Political Bigwigs Behind Illegal Miners Won’t Be Spared — Amewu
Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu says political bigwigs who allegedly front for prospective investors to engage in ...
NGO Pushes For Technology To Replace Use of Mercury
Friends of the Nation, a socio-economic advocacy NGO in the Western Region, has started a regional consultative stakeholder engagement seeking ...
Refineries Threaten Boycott of Ghana Gold Over Galamsey
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining ...
Govt Regularizes Galamsey To Curb the Menace In 5 Years
Government has launched a new project aimed at curbing illegal mining activities in the country at least within the next ...
Women Demand Tax Justice To End Inequality
Latest: Why galamsey must not be legalised — Minerals Commission explains ActionAid Ghana will today join the Global Alliance for ...
Why Galamsey Must Not Be Legalised — Minerals Commission Explains
HEAD of Communications at Minerals Commission, Mr. Isaac Abraham, has revealed the reasons why illegal gold and diamond mining activities (otherwise ...
Tertiary Students To Stop Paying For Utilities
The government has expressed its intention to abolish the payment of utilities by students in tertiary institutions, the Minister of ...