The Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) is likely to shut down one of its factories due to serious encroachment on their plantation by illegal mining activities.“Should the decision be implemented due ...

On Saturday, 13th January 2024, another January 13 slipped by quietly. For anyone born on that day in 1972, it was the 52nd anniversary of then Lt Col (later Gen) I.K. Acheampong’s overthrow of ...

Prof. Ernest Kofi Amankwa Afrifa of the Department of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, has posited that minimising galamsey is very achievable, but eradicating it from Ghana is ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a significant directive aimed at addressing the alarming rise in illegal mining activities (commonly referred to as "galamsey") in and around ...

The Speaker’s comments come at a critical time when galamsey continued to devastate Ghana’s environment, particularly its water bodies and forests. Despite successive governments’ efforts to curb the ...

The EPA warned that these unlawful activities pose severe threats to the environment, public health, and Ghana’s natural resources. In a statement issued on January 28, the agency emphasized that all ...

Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin has sternly warned to Members of Parliament (MPs) not to get involved in illegal mining, also known as Galamsey. Delivering a message to the House on ...

Yet, the encroachment of galamsey on cocoa farms has brought the industry to its knees. Cocoa production has plummeted to its lowest levels in over two decades, with Ghana failing to meet ...

Ghana's Defence Minister-designate, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has called for a more comprehensive strategy in the fight against galamsey, the local term for illegal mining. This statement was made ...

Meanwhile, the Chief of Nkwanta and a member of the Aowin Traditional Council, Nana Ntow is accusing the MP of being involved in galamsey saying, the MP had formed a galamsy squad and hired thugs from ...

Kumasi, Jan. 27, GNA – The National Concerned Association of Small-Scale Miners (NCASSM) is demanding a probe into the utilisation of over $200 million allocated between 2017 and 2024 to combat ...

Some researchers of the University of Ghana have launched the findings of an anti-galamsey project, which identifies advocacy and collaboration as the most needed ‘tools’ to solve the menace of ...