I have written quite a number of articles about the way galamsey is destroying Ghana’s major water bodies, as well as our farmlands. The farms being destroyed do not only consist of food– farms upon which our people depend for subsistence, but also, the all-important cocoa farms that provide us with about 60 percent of … Read more
The Australian High Commission in Ghana in partnership with Friends of the Nation, a socio-economic advocacy NGO in the Western Region, have provided some 65 illegal miners livelihood empowerment and skill development support training at Mpohor in the Mpohor district. The 65, who were otherwise active in illegal mining with different years in the pits, … Read more
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in Ghana, bringing in about 16 billion US dollars. Gold production increased by 93 per cent from 2.24 million ounces in 2002 to over 4.3 million ounces in 2014. However, in 2015, there was a significant reduction … Read more
The Ghana Mine Workers’ Union (GMWU) has given the strongest indication yet not to tolerate what it describes as undue delays in salary negotiations for its members from next year. The mine workers argue that the increasing number of protracted negotiations is likely to ruin the sector’s output if workers are continuously marginalized. “We remain … Read more
Revenues from gold exports into the economy is expected to reach over $4.5 billion by end of year as the revenues have exceeded the projection by about 73 percent in spite of the challenges with gold prices on the international market. This comes as the contribution from the commodity which was pegged at $3.3 billion … Read more
The Citi Breakfast Show has been honoured at the second edition of the Ghana Mining Industry Awards. The awards, organized by the Ghana Chamber of Mines saw the award winning Citi Breakfast Show beat other media organizations to grab the recognition. The citation said the show was honoured “for vigorously promoting environmentally responsible mining in … Read more
Government owes mining companies over 280 million Ghana cedis in Value Added Tax as at the end of last year, a report by the Ghana Chamber of Mines has revealed. Though the Value Added Tax Act of 2013 stipulates where the deductable tax of an individual or business exceeds the expected amount; the excess should … Read more
Small scale illegal miners at Akyem Asamama community in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region have stepped up their search for about five of their members believed to have been gunned down into the Birim River during clashes with the anti-galamsey tasksforce. The leader of the miners, Kelvin Asiameh Kobina told Kojo Ansah, EIB’s … Read more
Residents of Asamama in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region are claiming to have retrieved eleven more bodies following a gun battle between anti-galamsey security taskforce and illegal miners, Thursday afternoon. The residents told Joy News’ Kofi Siaw, two of the bodies were retrieved from a class room where the illegal miners were believed … Read more
play videoThe galamsey operators have vowed to resist attempts to deny them their livelihoods Two people alleged to be illegal miners are feared dead in an anti galamsey operation in Asamama near Anyinam in the Eastern Region. It follows a police swoop organized to halt the activities of the miners in the area. The region … Read more
The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested twenty two people at Asamanma, after clashes there on Thursday left two people dead. Some illegal miners reportedly attacked the Police who were on operation to stop them from mining in the Birem River. The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nketsia Yeboah, told Citi News that … Read more
Police in the Eastern Region have killed two illegal small-scale miners and injured 10 more in Asamama following a gun battle between them and the galamseyers on Thursday. More than 20 of the galamseyers were subsequently arrested by the police after the crossfire, which started as law officers who are part of the anti-galamsey taskforce … Read more
Two illegal miners are feared dead in a fatal gun battle between members of the anti galamsey security task force and some illegal miners at Asamama in the Eastern Region, Thursday. At least four others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries with another three in the custody of Police Joy News’ Latif … Read more
Residents of Prestea have expressed fears that the Ankobra Bridge serving them and the people of Bogoso could soon cave, in considering the deteriorating condition and cracks it has developed. This situation has made users live in fear that they would one day wake up to see the only bridge linking them and people of … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party’s parliamentary candidate for Obuasi East, Mr Danyansah has questioned the growing disparity between the rich and the poor amidst abundant oil and gold resources. The aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) said the decline in other previously dominant sectors of the economy and Ghana’s over dependence on imports is an indication that … Read more
Outspoken Ghanaian economist, Professor Stephen Adei, has served notice he will embark on a “one man aluta” to compel the next government to, as a matter of urgency, halt the growing phenomenon of illegal mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. He has fixed January 7, 2017, the day Ghana’s next president and parliament will take … Read more
Senior journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jr., says operations of small scale miners popularly known as Galamsey are sponsored by some influential personalities in the country. He says these individuals which according to him include political party officials, traditional leaders, state agencies, police and military elements are fueling acts of impunity perpetuated by small-scale miners. … Read more
Hundreds of residents in Wassa Juabo in the Amenfi Central Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday, 20 October went on a demonstration against Chinese miners who have taken over large hectares of forest reserves in the area and excavating it for gold. Convener of the demonstration, Mr Kwabena Manu, told Chief Jerry Forson on … Read more
The threats by illegal miners at Obuasi not to vote in December’s presidential and parliamentary polls if they are not allowed to resume their mining activities in the municipality do not hold up since most of them are strangers, hence do not vote in the area, Edward Ennin, Deputy Ranking Member on parliament’s Select Committee … Read more
There is no question that illegal gold miners are a real threat to national security in our homeland Ghana. Ditto illegal loggers and illegal sand-winners. That is why the wealthy criminal syndicates that sponsor the activities of illegal gold miners – as well as illegal loggers and illegal sand-winners – across the country, need to … Read more