Ghanaian politicians, in the face of the ongoing devastating illegal small-scale and alluvial mining, thus, galamsey, are ...

Men with no protective equipment, very little training and sub-par mining tools are spread throughout Ghana as the popularity of illegally operated gold mines continues to increase, according to a ...

Hundreds of people marched through Ghana’s capital Accra on Friday in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the dangerous and environmentally ...

Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti have announced that their proposed joint venture (JV) in Ghana is yet to make any progress.

These are concessions that organized labor has “forced government to make toward combating illegal mining in Ghana,” he said. The presidency confirmed the measures in a statement Wednesday.

In August this year, the government announced a ban on alluvial and riverbed mining to curb environmental degradation. The government first announced the ban in 2020, but the practice has ...

For instance, she cited that while the mining sector’s contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined from GH₵11.449 billion in 2020 to GH₵10.105 billion in 2021 representing a ...

GOLD from small scale mining in Ghana totalled 1.2 million ounces in the first seven months of this year – more than in the whole of 2023, said Reuters which cited data from the West African country’s ...

The Trades Union Congress, representing all of Ghana’s labor unions, put forward three main demands: withdraw LI 2462, declare an emergency to tackle illegal mining, and enforce stricter actions ...

Ghana is introducing new measures to combat illegal mining, the presidency said Wednesday, amid mounting public pressure on the government to address the issue in recent weeks. President Nana ...

Illegal small-scale gold mining known "galamsey" in Ghana has picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices. Small-scale mines produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the ...

ACCRA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through Ghana's capital Accra on Friday in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the ...