Operation Vanguard Personnel in the Eastern Region in an operation conducted between 3:00 am and 6:00 am on Saturday has resulted in the arrest of 85 suspected illegal miners. This was contained in a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency by Captain Andy Sowatey, Public Relations Officer of Operation Vanguard. The statement said, the…
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group of civil society organisations marched in Accra to protest against the mining of bauxite in the #Atewa Forest. Together with members of the general public, the CSOs poured onto the streets of Accra to peacefully protest government’s plan to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest. The group says mining of bauxite in commercial quantities…
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The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has said government will reposition the mining and energy sectors to deepen its contribution to economic growth. He stated that with the country’s track record in mining, it had become necessary to deepen the contribution of the sector by making it attractive…
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Afiadenyigba Senior High School (Afiasec) in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region has accused Diamond Salt Mining Company of disposing of saline water into a pond close to the school. According to school authorities, Diamond Salt – after extracting salt from its trapped underground water along the Keta Lagoon which it uses for…
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This is to tap into the synergies along the value chain of the mining industry to ensure that the state derives fair returns from the extractive sector. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, said it was the government’s policy to add value to the country’s natural resources and urged multinational mining…
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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the Board and the management of the newly-established Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) to adopt world best practices that will ensure responsible and sustainable mining. Otumfuo made the call when a delegation from GIADEC paid a courtesy call on him at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.…
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Some artisanal salt winers are lamenting about salt importation into the country, a situation they say is threatening their livelihood. Leader of the Ada Songor Salt Cooperative, Aaron Larweh Hushie said the excessive importation does not favour the local salt producers in the country. He said government’s decision to subsidize imports on salt from Brazil…
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Ghana is losing millions of dollars it could have generated from exportation of salt due to under exploitation of the resource and lack of effective government policies in the sector. According to statistics, Ghana has the potential to produce up to three million metric tonnes of salt annually along its 500 km coastal line. Currently,…
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The Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN) Africa, Dr Yao Graham, has expressed disquiet over the importation of salt from Brazil to Ghana. He said the development was stifling local production of the mineral and was a disincentive for employment creation in the country. At a two-day national conference on artisanal small-scale mining in…
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