Tag: illegal mining
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...
Ghana arrests 62 illegal miners in a swoop
The Ghana Police Service said Saturday that 62 people were arrested on suspicion of illegal mining in the Ahafo Region town of Kenyase.
The...
Ghanaian sues Anglogold, Ghana Bauxite, Newmont, others over illegal mining
A citizen of Ghana, David Addo, has filed a case in the High Court against the Attorney General and eight others including Minerals Commission,...
A/R: 27 suspected illegal miners arrested with explosives, tramadol
Operation Vanguard personnel in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, December 5, 2019 arrested 27 illegal miners during a search in the Bosome Freho...
Lifting the lid on Ghana’s illegal small-scale mining problem
Small-scale gold mining in what is modern day Ghana can be traced as far back as the 15th century. It continues to be an...
It was a mistake to deport Galamsey Queen Aisha Huan –...
Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has confessed his government made a mistake to deport Chinese illegal mining queen Aisha Huang from Ghana.
“I think the decision...
Man, 48, found dead in abandoned gold pit in Ashanti region
The body of a 48-year-old man named Frank Acheampong was found on Sunday in a water-filled pit at Manso Aboabo, a community in the...
