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Blue Water Guards Clamp Down on Illegal Mining Activities on the Ankobra River at Abelebo

The Blue Water Guards, in collaboration with the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and the Nzema East Municipal Police Command, have conducted a major operation to dismantle an illegal mining encampment at Abelebo in the Nzema East Municipality. According to reports from the Guards, the galamseyers...

Blue Water Guards Clamp Down on Illegal Mining Activities on the Ankobra River at Abelebo

The Blue Water Guards, in collaboration with the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and the Nzema East Municipal Police Command, have conducted a major operation to dismantle an illegal mining encampment at Abelebo in the Nzema East Municipality. According to reports from the Guards, the galamseyers...

Galamsey: Police arrest 7 Ghanaians, 4 Chinese in Western Region

In the Western Region, eleven people have been taken into custody by the Western Central Regional Police Command for engaging in illegal mining near the Bonsa river bank. Seven Ghanaians and four Chinese were among the accused who were taken into custody on March...

Ashanti Region: 5 illegal miners dead; others trapped in a pit

A gold-digging pit collapsed, resulting in the verified deaths of five illegal miners. Rescue crews are currently putting in a lot of effort to recover the few others who have also become trapped. On April 1, the sad event took place at an illegal...

GH¢6.2 bn worth of excavators are imported into the country – Lands Minister

According to Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, excavators rank among the top three imports in Ghana, with a shocking GH¢6.2 billion in value. Hon. Armah-Kofi Buah discussed the urgent need for stricter control and regulation of excavator use, particularly...

Leave government if you want to be a miner – President Mahama cautions appointees

President John Dramani Mahama has warned his government's appointees against mining in any way or risk being sent out. "I've ordered that no government staffer, regardless of rank, participate in any kind of mining, whether it be legitimate or illegal. He made this statement...