Sun 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 →
Six 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 →
At 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 →
The 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 →
PRESIDENT Nana Akufo-Addo has reposed confidence in the Ghana Armed Forces to spearhead ongoing effort at end illegal mining activities in the country. It is not readily known what form their involvement would be from previously failed military interventions at … Read more →
Ashanti Regional Chairman for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako is daring the former Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency, Hon. Baba Jamal to bring the law suit against him over his galamsey comment on UTV. According … Read more →
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has demanded an immediate apology from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for wrongfully accusing him of engaging in ‘galamsey’ activities. His demands follow a BNI report which named the chief and his palace … Read more →
– Royalties and taxes not paid on gold produced through illegal mining GHANA lost a whopping $2.3 billion in 2016 through ‘galamsey’ activities. Isaac Karikari, a Director at the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, who made the revelation, said the … Read more →
It has emerged that some Chinese women who are allegedly engaged in illegal mining (galamsey), across the country have become untouchable because they have secret sexual video tapes that they allegedly use to blackmail some powerful men in Ghana. This … Read more →
The Obuasi Municipal Office of the Ghana Immigration Service has arrested four Chinese nationals on suspicion of engaging in illegal Mining at Bepotenteng in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. They were picked up at about 7pm on … Read more →