The effect of illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsay, is now common knowledge: Polluted water bodies with a congenital ...

Pressure is mounting on Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency as environmental degradation ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and owner of Akonta Mining Company Limited, Bernard Antwi ...

ACCRA, Ghana — A surge in illegal mining that has reduced Ghana’s cocoa production, contaminated water supplies, and stoked food inflation looks set to be among the biggest challenges awaiting the ...

Ghana’s battle against illegal gold mining is deepening as ‘galamsey’ ravages rivers, cocoa farms and public trust in ...

Early in his eight-year tenure, in 2017, then Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo declared a moratorium on all small-scale gold mining. He established an inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Ghana have again raised alarm over the scale of illegal mining in the country, saying that what should have been a national blessing has turned out to be a ...

By Theophilus AMOAH & Prince Ofosuhene GYIMAHGhana’s gold mining sector, while economically vital, has faced significant sustainability challenges due to illegal small-scale mining (galamsey), which ...

As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. An unhappy prospect: A group of men engaged in illegal gold mining ...

In October 2023, when the Government of Ghana signed the country rsquo;s first lithium mining lease with Barari DV Ghana Ltd, it marked a historic moment that was greeted with widespread excitement ...

Mining and infrastructure industries productivity and sustainability partner Epiroc has won a large order for mining ...

Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large ...