E/R: Tension in Gyampomane, Akyem Hemang over small-scale mining
Residents of Dome and Gyampomane, mining communities in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region are calling on the ...
Tag: Small scale mining
Jonas Nyabor writes: How illegal mining is wiping out Ghana’s forests
Ghana is facing a serious risk of an environmental catastrophe due to the high level of environmentally unfriendly human activities ...
Reserving small-scale mining for Ghanaians won’t take us anywhere – Casely-Hayford
Social Commentator Sydney Casely-Hayford is against the government reserving small-scale mining for just Ghanaians. He says Ghana should be striving ...
Mining ban worth it, galamsey has reduced drastically – Pius Hadzide
Pius Hadzide, the Deputy Information Minister, insists that the ban on small-scale mining was worthwhile despite reports of illegal ming ...
Compensate small-scale miners after long ban – Mutawakilu to Gov’t
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu wants the government to compensate small-scale miners who were affected ...
907 small-scale miners vetted, C’ttee to present report next week
Government’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal Mining, on Friday, ended the vetting of some 907 small-scale miners across the country. The ...
Gov’t begins vetting of small-scale miners on Monday
The government will from Monday, November 26, begin vetting of all small-scale miners and their documents. This is to ensure that ...
‘I will restructure small scale mining when I return’ – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama, who previously questioned the incumbent government's approach to the fight illegal mining, has promised to ...
Release roadmap on lifting of mining ban in 7-days- Occupy Ghana
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana, has issued a seven-day ultimatum for government to furnish the public with further and better particulars ...
Gov’t begins vetting of small-scale miners today
The government will from today begin the vetting of all small-scale miners in the country. This is part of efforts ...
Don’t connive with foreigners to destroy our environment – Minister
The Minister for Environment Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has called on Ghanaians to desist from conniving with foreigners ...
State agencies don’t enforce mining laws – Small-scale miners
The Ghana National Association of Small-scale Miners has accused regulatory agencies within the mining industry of failing to enforce the ...
We’ll lift ban on small-scale mining soon – Nana Addo
The government will soon release a comprehensive roadmap for the lifting of the ban on small-scale mining. President Akufo-Addo revealed this ...
Ignore Mahama, he’s a conman – Amewu tells Ghanaians
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has described former President John Dramani Mahama as a conman ...
Stop chasing illegal miners with soldiers – Mahama to gov’t
Former President John Dramani Mahama has criticized the New Patriotic Party government for its inhumane approach to dealing with illegal ...
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