Tag: galamsey

Government has acquired five speedboats to patrol river bodies as part of the fight against illegal mining (galamsey).

The Ghana Water Company has listed the debt incurred from the operation of the Desalination plant as one of the ...

More than 19,000 hectares of cocoa farmlands in the Western, Ashanti and Eastern regions have been destroyed by illegal small-scale ...

The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources has described as absolute falsehood claims by Member of Parliament for Tamale Central ...

The Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has described as criminal, reported activities of two companies (names withheld) in ...

Government has launched six (6) community mining schemes in "galamsey" endemic areas of the country to address the issue of ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has justified the burning of excavators and other equipment confiscated at illegal mining ...

Nana Boakye II, Benkumhene of Twifo Traditional Council has advocated a Legislative Instrument (LI) to empower chiefs in fighting illegal ...

Former Ghana High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, is calling for summary execution of illegal miners when arrested

Government has begun prosecution of persons suspected to have engaged in illegal mining activities otherwise known as “galamsey” in the ...