Tag: Mining in Ghana

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known ...

The Ghana Growth and Development Platform (GGDP) says it supports governments effort to stop galamsey, but wants this done “simultaneously ...

A mass burial service was on Friday, July 7, 2017, held for the twenty-two (22) illegal miners who were trapped ...

Twenty-two miners have now been declared dead after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, police said, increasing the toll ...

The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… ...

The 22 illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western Region have been given a ...

The Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister has with immediate effect, suspended search and rescue efforts for the victims of ...

Rescuers on Thursday called off a search for miners who were trapped underground after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western ...

IT appears the aggressiveness with which we waged the war on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in our local parlance, is ...

Five bodies were spotted in an illegal goldmine that collapsed in Ghana, a government official said Wednesday, as the search ...

More than 17 illegal miners, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ operators, have been confirmed dead in a mining pit at Nsuta, ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Prestea-Huni Valley in the Western Region, Mozart Kwaku Owu has revealed that the presence of ...

Rescuers were on Tuesday scrambling to locate survivors after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, trapping at least 17 ...

Three illegal miners, popularly known as galamsey operators, have been remanded in prison custody by a Bekwai Circuit Court. The three ...

Prestea mine collapses… Up to 17 Galamsey operators are trapped underground in a mine which collapsed while they sought to mine ...

Police in the Western Region have declared owners of a Galamsey pit believed to have killed about 14 people in Prestea ...

Rescuers in Ghana are racing against time to find 14 missing miners trapped after an illegal pit collapsed in the ...

At least 14 persons are feared dead when a mining pit collapsed on them on Sunday in the Western Region. ...

The government is gradually losing momentum in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. This is according to ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has downplayed possible concerns the support Ghana is getting from China could compromise efforts against ...