Category: Mining

As the autonomous region of Bougainville inches closer to achieving independence from Papua New Guinea, hopes for its economic development have been pinned on the vaunted relaunch of a gold and copper mine worth an estimated $160 billion.

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has directed all Self-Financing Aggregators (SFAs) to refine gold doré locally before it can be exported from Ghana in a move aimed at deepening value addition in the country’s gold industry.

Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has reportedly destroyed more than 100 acres of farmland at Akyem Atobriso in the Kwaebibrem Municipality of the Eastern Region, threatening the livelihoods of farmers in the community.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey, has appealed to the chiefs and people of the Apinto Traditional Area to choose constructive engagement and dialogue in addressing concerns over the renewal of Gold Fields Ghana Limited’s Tarkwa mining leases, rather than pursue a path that could create uncertainty for […]

Ghana government has given mining firm Adamus Resources Limited a fresh opportunity to revive its mining operations, days after upholding the revocation of three of the company’s mining leases following months of regulatory scrutiny and a dispute over alleged breaches of Ghana’s mining laws.

Let me begin by quoting myself: _”Natural resources never guarantee a country’s success. Human resources certainly do. In the hands of a nation impoverished by poor human resources, rich natural resources can become a terrible curse”_

The Ghana Mine Workers’ Union has delivered a petition to the central bank on Thursday, demanding more than 380 million cedis ($34.55 million) that they say they are owed and that have been frozen since the financial sector clean-up.

More than 60 per cent of the country’s water bodies are polluted by illegal mining activities, exposing the country to environmental,  health and livelihood hazards, according to a research  scientist at the Groundwater Division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI).

Traditional authorities in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have appealed to President John Mahama to urgently intervene to halt widespread illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, which they say has devastated forests in the area and polluted critical water resources, including the iconic River Tano.

A year after the August 6 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight people, including senior government officials, environmental advocacy group A-Rocha Ghana says Ghana is losing the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.