Category: Mining
Sustaining Galamsey Fight: Lands Ministry To Track Excavators – Control Room Ready
All excavators in mining concessions will be tracked electronically as part of major measures to clamp down on illegal mining, popularly known as [...]
Ahafo Region: Farmers Storm Court To Restrain NGGL From Undertaking Compensation Valuation Of Lands
Some aggrieved farmers within the Ahafo South Mine enclave of the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) in the Ahafo Region has besieged the premise [...]
Ntobroso: Residents clash with anti-galamsey soldiers after ‘mistake’ in burning houses
Dozens of military officers had to flee for their lives following a clash with residents of Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti [...]
Help govt fight illegal mining – Mireku Duker appeals to Ghanaians
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. George Mireku Duker has called on Ghanaians to help the government fight illegal mining [...]
Gravity of Appiatse explosion informed $6million fine against Maxam company – Lands Ministry
Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has defended the $6 million fine imposed on Maxam Company Limited, the firm at the centre of the Appiate Expl [...]
CLOGSAG proceeds on nationwide strike from Thursday
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) is asking all its members across the nation to stay home from Thursday, Januar [...]
Nzema East MCE urges concerted effort in stopping illegal mining on River Ankobra
The Nzema East Municipal Chief Executive, Dorcas Elizabeth Amoah, believes that a collaborative and sustained effort among all district assemblies [...]
265 mining equipment destroyed over galamsey – Duker
Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George mireku Duker, has revealed that 265 mining equipment have been destroyed.
He added that [...]
10 feared dead as galamsey pit caves in
A mining pit that collapsed on Wednesday November 24 at Wassa Essikma in the Prestea Hunivali Municipality has claimed about ten lives.
Over 20 [...]
Wa East: Soldiers grab 14 suspected illegal miners, burn equipment at Manwe
A dawn military operation at Manwe, a mining community in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region, has led to the arrest of 14 foreign natio [...]