Accra, Ghana//-The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS) Taskforce has arrested two Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining activities along the Subri River at Bekwai Subrisu in the Western Region.
Category: Mining
Galamsey: Forestry Commission Arrests 11 Chinese, 10 Ghanaians in Yakombo Forest
Ghana’s Forestry Commission has apprehended eleven Chinese nationals and ten Ghanaians in a coordinated, intelligence-driven raid on illegal mining activities within the Yakombo Forest Reserve in the Buipe Forest District of the Savannah Region.
Ghana Introduces Sliding Royalty System to Boost Gains When Lithium Prices Surge
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, says the government’s proposed lithium framework is designed to automatically raise Ghana’s royalty earnings whenever global prices increase, ensuring the country secures greater value from its mineral resources.
20th CDD-Ghana Lecture: Journalist Urges Mahama To Hold MMDCEs Responsible For Galamsey
Accra, Ghana//-An investigative journalist at JoyNews, Erastus Asare Donkor, has urged Ghana’s President John Dramani to hold Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) responsible for pollution of the environment and water bodies in illegal mining (galamsey) communities across the country.
Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining Activities Are Dangerous To Lives and The Environment
Accra, Ghana//- Kwabena Owusu, a 25-year-old young man who got paralysed after falling into 60 feet (ft) abandoned illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) pit during a hunting expedition in a forest at Adansi Adwafo in the Ashanti Region, is still struggling for his life.
Lithium Debate Driven By Sentiment, Not Facts — Policy Analyst
Accra, Ghana//-Policy Analyst and Natural Resource Governance Expert, Dr Steve Manteaw, has cautioned Ghanaians against overstating the economic significance of lithium compared to the country’s gold sector, describing the political debate over the revised Atlantic Lithium agreement as overly sentimental and potentially harmful to investment confidence.
Where Does Ghana Stand In Responsible Mining
Accra, Ghana//-Mining is part and parcel of the extractive industry that depletes a stock resource. While its exhaustion can be postponed through metal recycling and efficiency, it can never be sustainable.
The Apex of Betrayal: How Political Corruption Kills Ghana’s Rivers and Defeats the State
Accra, Ghana//-The crisis before us, a relentless, self-devouring assault on the very earth beneath our feet, is not merely an environmental disaster. It is the chilling, irrefutable evidence of a profound governmental paralysis.
Newmont Pays GH₵ 2.388 Billion to Government of Ghana
Accra, Ghana ― Newmont has paid GH₵ 2.388 billion in taxes, royalties, levies, and carried interest to the Government of Ghana for the third quarter of 2025.
National Experts Meeting to Finalise Review of the Draft Revised ECOWAS Mineral Development
Abuja, Nigeria// — The Energy & Mines Directorate is holding a National Experts Meeting to finalise the review of the Draft Revised Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mineral Development Policy and its Implementation Matrix (Revised EMDP, 2024), in Lagos, Nigeria, from the 10th to 15th of November 2025.