Mr Mustapha Hamid, Minister of Information, Wednesday said the fight against illegal mining would continue unabated until all illegalities in the mining sector was regularised and sanity restored in the mining sector of the country. He said the Government was still working out modalities that would ensure that mining activities were done in the right … Read more
Residents of 52 communities in the Brong Ahafo and Western regions are to be empowered and supported with knowledge and financing to adopt and practice sustainable land use as part of measures being made by Ghana to halt land degradation to reduce the effects of climate change. Through the Ghana Dedicated Grant Mechanism (Ghana-DGM), the … Read more
A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbra Oteng Gyasi, says government is yet to decide on when to lift the ban on small-scale mining activities in the country. According to the Deputy Minister, who is in charge of mines, they are yet to achieve the expected results for enforcing the ban, hence the … Read more
Popular mining firm, Gold Fields Ghana, has disclosed plans to dismiss about 1,500 of its workers. The massive retrenchment will reportedly take effect this month, December, 2017. Gold Fields’ Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs Mr. David Johnson who spoke to Citi Business News on the issue, said that the lay-off will mainly affect mining fleet maintenance … Read more
Fifteen illegal miners operating within the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region have been arrested by a combined anti-galamsey taskforce. They have been handed over to the Police. A total of 123 gold washing machines and 51 dredging boats which were seized by the taskforce have been burnt. Addressing journalists in Cape Coast … Read more
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale mining. Members have therefore questioned the kind of policy government wants to roll out in regulating mining activities in the country. The Lands and Natural Resources minister, John Peter Amewu on Friday 10th November 2017 announced an extension of … Read more
A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small-scale miners would cost the government GH¢ 60,000 to restore it to the natural state, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. He said so far, 238,000 kilometre square of the country’s lands had been degraded, which constituted … Read more
The government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been taking giant strides towards ensuring that illegal mining commonly known in Ghana as galamsey becomes a story of the past, together with all its associated consequences. Despite how tasking the battle has since turned out to be, it appears from all indications that the government has no plans … Read more
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that government is in the process of procuring drones worth about three million dollars ($3m) to facilitate the ongoing galamsey war in the country. Peter Amewu made the disclosure during an interview with Citi News. According to the Lands Minister, acquisition of the … Read more
The Minister of Lands, John Peter Amewu has announced he will enforce strict observance of Ghana’s law by all mining companies in the country. Mr. Amewu said even though the country welcomes foreign investors, they are not at liberty to do whatever they want. Hence he cautioned investors to conduct themselves in a manner that does … Read more
Civil society organisation Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has backed a move to legally contest the mining right given Exton Cubic Group Limited to prospect for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest Reserve. Exton Cubic’s recent attempt to prospect in the forest reserve has met fierce resistance from the youth, who marched in Nyinahini in the … Read more
Four alleged illegal miners are reported to have died under strange and mysterious circumstances at Akukuso, a village close to Kwabeng in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region. According to reports, bodies of the four Kwabeng galamseyers were retrieved Sunday morning, 13th August 2017, from an abandoned mining pit in the area. An excavator believed … Read more
The Anlo Youth Council has filed a legal suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney General, Minerals Commission, the Director Of Wild Life Division and the Water Resources Commission, praying the Court to declare as unconstitutional salt mining activities at the Keta Lagoon Complex, among other reliefs. The plaintiff argues that “on a true … Read more
A member of the communication team of the National Democratic Congress, Chief Biney, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo to make public the details of his anti-galamsey action plan. He said forming an anti-galamsey taskforce with a “coded” name does not by itself win the fight against the illegal mining. He argued that … Read more
Galamsey fight -In a bid to kick out the illicit act, the Military Command has deployed personnel to protect mining sites against illegal mining activities in the first phase of its long term protection for mining concessions. The joint military and police of about 400 personnel gathered at the Burma Camp in Accra to be … Read more
The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten platoons to protect mining sites from the menace on Monday. The deployment today is the first phase of what is expected to a long-term campaign to protect mining concessions. The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, announced … Read more
A clinical pharmacologist and pharmacist, with extensive experience in drug safety, vaccine safety, harmonisation initiatives, Professor Alexander Nii Oto Dodoo is the new head of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA). He assumed office in June after President Akufo-Addo appointed him to serve in that capacity. As an Associate Professor, Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology & … Read more
British miner Anglo American has set aside $101 million (87 million euros) to cover potential damages for former South African staff who contracted the fatal lung disease silicosis at work, it said Thursday. The news came after Johannesburg’s High Court ruled in May to allow former and current mine workers, employed by South Africa’s main … Read more
A combined anti-galamsey (illegal mining) task-force and monitoring team in the Upper-Denkyira East and West Districts in the Central Region has confiscated and destroyed 26 dredging boats and 58 dredging engines used by illegal miners on the Offin River. The illegal miners who, usually operate at night in the river around Subin Hill, Kyekyewere, Akwaboso … Read more
Two persons have been confirmed dead after an illegal mining pit caved in at Petrensa in the Asante Akyim Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Two others also suffered various degrees of injury while they were digging for gold. The Monday dawn incident has been blamed on a weak pit and the support for galamsey … Read more