[ad_1] The Kakum Park, part of the famed Kakum Forest. Photo credit: Africaeyereport The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and OccupyGhana are demanding the promulgation of a law that forbids the grant of any mining or drilling permit, licence or lease or any other associated activities in all forest reserves and significant biodiversity areas in the…
[ad_1] About 750 workers of Akroma Mining Company located in Esaase in the Kwawu West Municipality have embarked on a sit-down strike. The aggravated staff are protesting poor conditions of service at the hands of management. The workers are demanding an increment in the cost of living allowance (COLA) and asking management to pay their…
[ad_1] The Minerals Commission has clarified that it has rejected an application by High Street Mining Company Limited to mine in the Kakum National Park in the Central Region. The commission has also removed the application from the online mining cadaster. In a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, the Minerals…
[ad_1] Mining explosives manufacturer AECI has called for the formation of an Association of Explosives Manufacturers to aid regulation and peer review, in light of the recent spate of explosives disasters in the mining industry. Speaking to Citi News in Tarkwa during AECI’s 30th Anniversary, Anglophone West Africa Operations and Engineering Manager Akwasi Amoako-Kankam said…
[ad_1] Two brothers have reportedly died after a team of security officers allegedly launched a gun attack on a community mining site at Tepa in the Ashanti region. The deceased, Abdul Samed Razak and Hashmil Usman, were protecting the mining site with others when the security task force besieged them in a swoop. Four other…
[ad_1] To complement the government’s efforts to discourage more youth from joining destructive illegal small-scale mining, Gold Fields Ghana Foundation has intensified the skill development of youth in mining communities and provided them with startup tools to commercialize their skills. Speaking after completing a two-year skills training programme in fashion funded by Gold Fields Ghana…
[ad_1] The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has lauded Multimedia journalist, Erastus Asare Donkor, for his steadfastness in the fight against illegal mining. Acknowledging the threats the journalist endured in exposing characters behind the galamsey menace, the Asantehene commended Erastus for his power of determination, hard work, and perseverance. He was speaking when a team…
[ad_1] The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has hosted its first-ever stakeholder engagement series with Civil Society Organisations and other stakeholders in the mining sector. The gathering brought together a diverse spectrum of participants, including Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), government agencies, industry experts, and media representatives, to discuss the past, present, and future of Ghana’s…
[ad_1] A study by Boadi et al has established that two communities Ataso and Nnwerem in Ghana in 5 years have degraded 4.4 percent of the total area of the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve in addition to some admitted farms and some farm lands fringing the reserve through illegal mining activities. Although farming remains the…
[ad_1] An 18-year-old boy has been shot dead and two others injured by security personnel of some Chinese illegal miners in Abrokofe, a community in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. The shooting incident happened on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, when the victims, who were members of the community, went to the mining…
