Tag: minerals commission

New Swissaid report reveals that Ghana has lost over $11 billion in gold exports due to smuggling, with much of the bullion ending up in Dubai.

Hon. Fred Agbenyo, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Guan Constituency, has made a firm call for justice to be allowed to take its course in the case involving Bernard ...

Ghana’s illegal mining crisis—commonly referred to as galamsey—has found yet another lightning rod in Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer and political activist who has launched a scathing critique of the country’s ...

“For the intelligence we have now, the conditions and the videos we have now are more than enough to go after the perpetrators.

Environmental activist Daryl Bossu has called for an aggressive, intelligence-led campaign to root out the powerful individuals backing illegal mining operations in Ghana. He believes the country has reached a ...

Mr. Tandoh emphasized that Ghanaian firms have demonstrated their ability to raise substantial capital to mine.

At long last, a serious effort to sanitize Ghana’s small-scale mining sector appears to be underway.  The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, has taken ...

Two months after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) assumed office, Mensah Thompson, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), has voiced strong concerns over ...

Mr President, after all is said and done you have a legacy to build, and a legacy to be proud of and the CEO of the Minerals Commission Martin Kwaku ...

A coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) has issued an urgent call for decisive action against illegal mining, highlighting the failure of leadership and weak enforcement of Ghana’s mineral and ...