Tag: illegal mining
Ghana deploys 200 policemen to protect mining concessions
Over 200 personnel from the Ghana Police Service have been deployed to mining sites across the country to enforce the recently announced directives on...
Galamsey: Ghana suspends prospecting activities in Forest Reserves amid EU threats
Ghana has banned all forms of mining-related operations in forest reserves across the country, government officials said on Thursday as the country takes steps...
A/R: Collapsing gold pit kills 14-year-old boy at Manso-Tontokrom
A 14-year-old boy has died at Komkom near Manso-Tontokrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District after an abandoned gold pit collapsed on...
Illegal mining: Datano residents appeal to Akufo-Addo to save River Offin
Residents of Datano and its environs in the Manso District of the Ashanti Region have appealed to the President to as a matter of...
Jinapor promises to deal strictly with illegal mining
Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister Designate for Lands and Natural Resources has given a firm assurance to deal with the issues of illegal mining...
C/R: Bodies of two girls found in abandoned gold pit
A routine swimming expedition turned tragic for two girls when they got drowned in an abandoned gold pit located in the outskirts of Denkyira...
Illegal mining: Ghana should consider ban on excavators to fight menace...
A Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation-designate, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, is proposing a regulation of excavators as a measure to fight against illegal...
A/R: Missing 16-year-old boy found dead in abandoned gold pit
A 16-year-old boy has died after he got drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Domi-Keniago, a community in the Manso Adubia District...
Liberia impounds Ghanaian vessel smuggling mining equipment and beer
Liberian authorities have impounded a Ghanaian vessel carrying assortment of alcoholic beverages and mining equipment at an unauthorized pier.
The vessel which reportedly arrived at...
14 suspects arrested over illegal mining
At least 14 suspects have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region.
The suspects were...
