Galamseyers Vacate Sites But Residents Want Areas To Be Reclaimed
CHINESE nationals operating illegal mining, also known as “galamsey,” in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region, are divided over whether ...
Tag: Mining in Ghana
Israel Declares Support For Ghana’s Fight Against Galamsey
The state of Israel is fully behind Ghana in the resurgent fight against illegal small-scale mining, its envoy to Accra ...
Small Scale Miners Help Clear Galamsey Sites
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has stated that through efforts of members, the works of galamsey ...
Galamseyers At Akrofusu Defy Government’s Ultimatum
Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern Region seem unperturbed. ...
544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites – Minerals Commission
About 544 excavators have voluntarily moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration of an ...
We’ll Allow You To Mine But Properly – Minister
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government will help illegal miners return to ...
Security Agencies Will Flush Out Galamsey Operators – Lands Minister
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister says the government will deploy law enforcement officers across the country to apprehend defiant ...
You Can’t Sit In Accra and Ban Galamsey – Effah Dartey
A legal practitioner, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has professed his version of how to fight the illegal mining menace and ...
Don’t Give Up Mr. Minister
The galamsey menace has become a social canker which needs the attention of all well-meaning Ghanaians. It is therefore not ...
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 ...
Stop Taking Bribes From Illegal Miners
A former parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi South constituency, Alex Akuoko, has warned politicians to desist from the act of taking ...
544 Excavators Moved From Galamsey Sites
About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration of an ultimatum ...
544 Excavators Abandon Galamsey Sites
About 544 excavators have so far left their hideouts in illegal mining sites following the expiration of an ultimatum given ...
We Cannot End Galamsey With A One Sided Solution
Executive Director for Social Impact Studies, Richard Kojo Elimah says we cannot have a one major solution or a one ...
My Palace Is Not Being Dug For Galamsey – Okyehene
The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has dismissed claims that galamsey operators are digging under the palace at Kyebi in ...
NPP, NDC Profiting From ‘galamsey’
The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has stated explicitly that the country will not win ...
China Allegedly Hitting Back At Ghanaian Businesses
Some Ghanaian businessmen in China have complained about harassment from Chinese officials in what is seen as retaliation to the ...
Justifying Galamsey To Protect the Environment
In recent times, the media, social commentators and all stakeholders have contributed their quota towards the fight against indiscriminate mining ...
You Can Vote Us Out In 2020 Over Galamsey Fight–Minister
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo-Addo administration’s resolve to win the war ...
The War Against Galamsey Must Not Stop!
TOMORROW (Thursday), April 20, 2017 will mark the expiration of the twenty-one-day ultimatum given by the Lands and Natural Resources ...