By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Takoradi, March 18, GNA – Participants at a workshop organised by the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre (KAIPTC) have identified illegal mining as the greatest ...

Friar Joseph Kwame Blay, center, a Ghanaian Franciscan Catholic Pries and native of Jema, and members of a local anti-illegal gold mining task force patrol a forest reserve in the Jema community in ...

A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described as troubling the recent release of the Global Mining Investment Attractiveness Index, which reveals a decline in ...

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR, March 17 (Reuters) - Ghana is assessing three bids from local investors to take over Gold ...

As the global mining industry gradually opens more leadership space for women, Dr. Catherine Kuupol Kuutor stands out as a historic figure in Ghana’s mining sector.Currently Manager of Gold Fields ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: This unlicensed gold mine in Ghana is a booming business. It's one of many in the country generating livelihoods and ...

A third of the Apamprama Forest Reserve, in Ghana’s gold-rich Ashanti region, has disappeared in little more than 20 years. Satellite data show that forest loss has accelerated since 2018, when mining ...

Company Limited, remains poised to take over the operations of Damang Mine in the Western Region, a move that will further deepen Ghana’s long-awaited large-scale mining revolution ...

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 ...

The Ghanaian government is set to repeal its controversial pro-mining legislation, following weeks of demonstrations against environmentally disastrous mining, including the threat of a nationwide ...

The Minerals Commission has held a high-level meeting with an International Monetary Fund Fiscal Transparency Evaluation Mission, led by Almudena Fernandez, to review and enhance transparency and ...