Talensi Group Wants Chinese Mining Company Expelled
A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Talensi (CCT), in the Upper East Region, are calling for the expulsion of ...
Tag: mining
DR Congo Miners Upset At US ‘conflict Mineral’ Rules
In the lush hills of eastern DR Congo, where the trade in rare minerals has long fed unrest, miners complain ...
Australia Blocks BHP Offshore Move, Warns of Criminal Charges
A US hedge fund plan for mining giant BHP Billiton to move its primary listing to London was shot down ...
Galamsey Has Stopped – Tony Aubynn
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ ...
Blast Traps At Least 26 Miners In Iran
An explosion at a mine in northern Iran on Wednesday left at least 26 workers trapped in a mile-long tunnel ...
At Least 70 Miners Trapped After Iran Blast
At least 70 coal miners were trapped after an explosion in northern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media said. The mine ...
Gov’t Will Sustain Fight Against Galamsey – Western Regional Minister
The Western Regional Minister Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has said that, the fight against illegal mining known as Galamsey will be ...
Newmont Africa Advances Growth Projects To Increase Profitable Production
Newmont Africa has announced plans to build a new underground mine and expand processing capacity at its Ahafo operations by ...
Talensi Residents Angry After Chinese Miners ‘destroy’ Drinking Water
A public outcry over an alleged environmental devastation, expressed in a tone more emotional than any heard in recent times ...
Media Coalition, Stakeholders Against Illegal Mining Set Up Public Forum Thursday
The Media Coalition against Illegal Mining and allied stakeholders have slated another public forum for Thursday, May 4 to advance ...
Okobeng Mining Cleared Over Illegal Mining
Investigations by Today has established that local mining giant, Okobeng Mining Company, is not involved in illegal mining, contrary to ...
Galamsey Fight Not Taken Seriously In Upper East – Group
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper ...
Galamsey Fight Not Taken Seriously In Upper East
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper ...
Farmer Supports Free SHS With Five Bags of Cocoa
A cocoa farmer at Goka in the Jaman North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has pledged to support the free ...
Farmer To Support ‘Free SHS’ With Five Bags of Cocoa Yearly
A cocoa farmer at Goka in the Jaman North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has pledged to support the free ...
Somey Warlord Backs Gov’t Action Against Salt Mining Firm
The warlord of Somey Traditional Area, Awaklasuga Torgbui Sape Agbo V, has said the area disassociates itself from recent comments ...
Nana Addo’s May Day Address [Full Text]
President Nana Addo on Monday, May 1, 2017, presented his May Day Address at the Black Star Square in Accra. ...
9 Mining Officers Interdicted Over Galamsey Fight – Amewu
Government has interdicted the nine district mining officers of the Minerals Commission who were asked to proceed on an indefinite ...
Full Text of President’s May Day Address
Below is the full text of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s maiden May Day Address at the Independence Square in ...
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 ...