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Galamsey pit crashes 5 to death in the Western Region
Add a CommentFive miners met their untimely death last Sunday after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on them at Adumbanso Lower Electoral Area, a farming community in the Wassa East District of the Western Region. The five consist of four females and … Read more →
We welcome workable solutions to stamp out galamsey – Western Regional Minister
Add a CommentThe Western Regional Minister, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is calling on all stakeholders to help with workable solution to stamp out galamsey. At the maiden edition of the ‘Ghana Gold Expo’ in Takoradi, the Western Regional Minister mentioned technologies … Read more →
Powerful people behind ‘galamsey’ in forest reserves – Forestry Commission
Add a CommentThe Forestry Commission says unseen powerful persons are behind the resurgence of illegal mining in some forest reserves in the country. One of such affected forest is the Bekwai Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, … Read more →
Galamsey: $21b required to restore degraded mining lands
Add a CommentA whopping $21 billion would be required to restore the degraded mining lands. An additional $400 million to restore Ankobra River alone that had been so polluted by the galamsey operatorsProfessor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and … Read more →
Presidential staffer, others fingered in stinky mining deals
Add a CommentA presidential staffer and Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Mr. Charles Cromwell Bissue, has been fingered as the foremost turncoat against efforts by President Akufo-Addo to weed out illegal mining in the country. In the latest … Read more →
Fitch predicts resurgence in ‘galamsey’
Add a CommentILLEGAL mining, popularly called ‘galamsey’ is expected to thrive in the country in the coming months despite government’s onslaught on the menace. According to BMI, a research outfit of ratings agency, Fitch, increasing economic ‘pull factors’ will actually encourage the … Read more →
Arrest and prosecute any Chinese who engages in galamsey – Chinese Ambassador
Add a CommentSun Boahong, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, has urged the government to take all the necessary steps to arrest and prosecute any Chinese national who engages in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, to destroy water bodies and farmlands. The … Read more →
PHOTO: 6 Chinese arrested for galamsey
Add a CommentSix Chinese, who allegedly invaded forest reserves in the Wassa area of the Western Region with their Ghanaian collaborators to undertake illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, have been arrested. The Chinese were identified as Wu Chongzi, Qin Gi Fu, … Read more →
Galamsey pit swallows 19; 14 feared dead
Add a CommentAt least 14 persons are feared dead when a mining pit collapsed on them on Sunday in the Western Region. The Nsuta District Police Command confirmed that the trapped were among 19 miners when the incident happened following a downpour. … Read more →
Galamsey fight will continue to the end – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Add a CommentThe government has every intention and the resolve to see the fight against illegal mining to the desired end, President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured. “Having begun it, we are not turning back until we make sure that our future is protected,” … Read more →
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