The Minerals Commission is hopeful illegal miners occupying Anglogold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine, will comply with its directive for them to relocate to a new mining site by close of day, October 11, 2016. The Commission, in its latest order, instructed that the informal miners leave the Obuasi concession of the mining company, by close of … Read more
Illegal miners operating on the concession of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) at Obuasi are to completely evacuate the mines today, Monday, October 10, 2016 or face forcible eviction. The Minerals Commission, which gave the directive, said a new area within the surrendered portions of the AGA concession had been allocated for the unlicensed miners to relocate. … Read more
The Minerals Commission has sent a strong word to illegal small scale miners who have taken over AngloGold Ashanti concessions at Obuasi to evacuate or be forced out by Monday, October 10,2016. AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mine relinquished a 273 sq.km concession within its Obuasi, Adansi North and Amanise Central Concessions earlier this year with approval … Read more
The issue of illegal mining in Ghana has been under public discourse since the last decade and still deserves a better discussion. A discussion that can lead to a pragmatic solution and not the usual talk and forget tendencies. Ghana, since the days of precolonial era is known for its abundance of gold and that … Read more
The issue of illegal mining in Ghana has been under public discourse since the last decade and still deserves a better discussion. A discussion that can lead to a pragmatic solution and not the usual talk and forget tendencies. Ghana, since the days of precolonial era is known for its abundance of gold and that … Read more
By Denis Andaban The issue of illegal mining in Ghana has been under public discourse since the last decade and still deserves a better discussion; a discussion that can lead to a pragmatic solution and not the usual talk and forget tendencies. Ghana, since the days of precolonial era is known for its abundance of … Read more
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has bemoaned the activities of illegal miners(galamsey) as it threatens the smooth operations of the Komenda Sugar Factory. According to him, the illegal miners have destroyed all lands in the area, making it impossible to acquire fertile lands to cultivate sugarcane for the factory. “Galamsey … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission Dr. Toni Aubynn has rejected claims that the government refused to give its full support to the partnership agreement between Randgold Resources Limited and AngloGold Ashanti to revive the Obuasi mine. According to Dr. Tony Aubynn, government and the Minerals Commission are committed to supporting foreign … Read more
The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter has plummeted to 2.5 percent from the 4.8 percent recorded in the first quarter of 2016, on the back of the technical challenges on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah which decelerated oil production, the Statistical Service has said. “We saw a 49 percent decline in oil … Read more
Proceeds from the country’s gold production in the first half of the year rose to US$2.43 billion compared with US$1.75 billion recorded in the same period last year. Gold production during the period under review stood at 1,993,850 ounces, which represents an increase of 38.6 percent from the production figure of 1,438,656 ounces a year … Read more
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reveled the shutdown of the Kwame Nkrumah FPSO in the second quarter of 2016 led to a slowdown in Ghana’s economic growth for that period. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released by the GSS today [Wednesday] revealed that Ghana’s economy in the second quarter of 2016 grew by 2.5% … Read more
A Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs Mona Quartey, has repeated the government’s commitment to ensure transparency in the spending of the country’s oil and gas revenue to propel the growth of the economy. It will also use the funds to fight poverty. She indicated that the government would do everything within its power to make the … Read more
Dr. Steve Manteaw, co-Chairman of Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) has called for governments to be accountable to their people in the management of revenues from the extractive industry. They should commit to high standards of transparency and accountability to bring optimal benefits to the population. He was speaking at a two-day GHEITI dissemination … Read more
Toxins can wreak havoc on your body and cause many illnesses from headaches to cancer. In order to stay 100% healthy we all need to detoxify regularly. Toxins create disease and they are everywhere: In the food we eat, the air we breathe, in our homes and our offices. They can’t be avoided. Sometimes we … Read more
Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs. Mona Quartey, has repeated the government’s unwavering commitment to ensure transparency in the spending of the oil and gas revenue to propel the growth of the economy and fight poverty. She indicated that it would do everything to make the extractive industry more beneficial to the people. She said this in … Read more
The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has promised to deport all Chinese nationals engaged in illegal mining activities in the country if he is voted for in the December polls. There’s been increasing debate about the activities of illegal miners who have been accused of destroying aquatic life, … Read more
Hamamat Montia is one very good-looking lady. The bald-headed model was last week featured in Essence Magazine as one of ’10 beautiful women Who Will Inspire You to Shave Your Head’. In a very recent photo shoot by Joey Rosado for her Hamamat Africa Skincare, the former Miss Malaika‘s skin literally comes out to play … Read more
So I’ve been away for the past few days contributing my quota as an engineer to Ghana’s Oil & Gas sector. My little escapade took me hundreds of feet into the sky to the destination I was headed making me have ample view of Ghana’s supposed beautiful land. The sight was merely scattered buildings built … Read more
Executive Chairman of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and other stakeholders, who participated in DMCC’s second Africa Dubai Precious Metals Forum (‘ADPMF’) in Accra, have agreed among a number of things that, the global air transport industry enacts a plan to ban the hand-held personal carriage of gold in favour of … Read more
Environment Minister Mahama Ayariga has vowed to put pressure on law enforcement agencies to clamp down on illegal mining (galamsey), which is responsible for causing an irreparable damage to the environment. The Minister was confident that no matter how widespread the problem is, galamsey can be tackled through ‘simple’ law enforcement. Government was at the … Read more