Illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey, remains one of Ghana rsquo;s most pressing environmental and ...

After facing sustained pushback from environmental groups, Ghana revoked a 2022 law that had empowered the president to allow ...

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 ...

The Africa Centre for Security and Counterterrorism (ACSC) has identified illegal mining (galamsey) as Ghana’s most severe ...

Afrimex is a driving force behind Ghana’s gold mining industry, with the company having established itself as one of the ...

Women in Mining Ghana has announced a new set of executives, as the advocacy group for women in the country's mining sector looks to build on a decade of progress. The decision was confirmed during a ...

Although Ghana requires permits to mine on a small scale, it is estimated that about 70% of small-scale miners are unregistered and operate illegally. They are known locally as galamsey, meaning to ...

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 ...

Prince K. Bansah receives funding from the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat (GSS). He is affiliated with the Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice (LCEJ). England. Over the years, a new form of mining ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Ghana, Africa’s top gold producer, has launched its most aggressive mining audit in a decade, targeting top miners to recover lost revenue and tighten oversight, a government letter ...

“[CAA Mining] are currently on a drilling campaign and depending on how those drill results come, we are looking at increasing our investments in CAA Mining in the next few months,” he tells The ...