June 18, 2018//-Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that, shortly, government will put out a statement setting out a comprehensive roadmap, including the lifting of the ban on small-scale mining, to deal with, on a permanent basis, the grave threat of galamsey to the present and future health of Ghana.
Accra, June 18, 2018 – Takorayili, a village in the Northern Region of Ghana, is sprinkled with bare, scorched hills and rocky arid terrains. The soil is not able to retain rain water. It is not fertile enough to sustain the growth of plants.
June 18, 2018//-Ghana’s anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard, has arrested 18 illegal miners along the Ayanfuri-Bibiani road.
June 13, 2018//-Jean-Sébastien Jacques, CEO of the world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto, has warned that rising resource nationalism is a growing concern for miners.
June 13, 2018//-Kenyan banks have lost out on the lucrative financing deal for the Sh200 billion Lamu coal plant.
June 11, 2018//-The managers of Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited, operating in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, Ghana have warned that illegal miners in the area could lose their lives if pits connecting their mine are not sealed as ordered by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry.
June 7, 2018//-The Operation Vanguard team has arrested 11 illegal miners at Ayanfuri and Bawdie along the Tarkwa-Ayanfuri road of the Western Region of Ghana.
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 5, 2018//-The world’s 40 largest mining companies have delivered an impressive financial performance in 2017, increasing revenue by 23 per cent to USD 600 billion.
June 5, 2018//-Newmont Ghana Limited says it will address all findings outlined in the investigative committee’s report on its Ahafo mine expansion project.
Accra, June 5, 2018 – In a bid to ensure the full compliance of various mining regulations in Ghana, government has imposed a fine of $2,770,400 on three companies for various mining regulation breaches that resulted in the Ahafo Mill expansion accident.
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