Tag: Minerals Commission
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Augment government’s efforts to sanitize small scale mining sector – Minister to new Minerals Commission Board
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor has charged the newly inaugurated board of the Mineral Commission to put in place policies that will augment government’s efforts to sanitize the small scale mining sector. Small-scale mining plays a vital role in Ghana’s extractive industry. The Minerals Commission, the country’s mining regulator’s report indicates that…
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Local Mining Contractors accuse Minerals Commission of collapsing their businesses with outrageous charges
Over 200 members of the Association of Local Mining Contractors of Ghana have accused the Minerals Commission of working against Government’s drive to sanitize Ghana’s mining sector and collapsing local businesses. The aggrieved members are also kicking against new fees introduced by the Minerals Commission, which is charged for obtaining renewable operational permits. According to…
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The battle against illegal mining must be won – SK Boafo
The Board Chairman of the Minerals Commission, Sampson Kwaku Boafo, has called on all well-meaning Ghanaians to help eradicate the menace of illegal mining by reporting reporting influential persons behind these activities in various mining communities. According to him, the continuous activities of illegal miners popularly known as galamsey, even after a massive government crackdown,…
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Minerals Commission to distribute over 1 million palm seedlings to galamsey areas
The Minerals Commission is set to distribute over one million palm seedlings to farmers and youth in illegal mining areas of the Eastern Region as part of measures to reduce youth involvement in that activity in the region. The seedlings, which are to be distributed free of charge is under the Alternative Livelihood Project by…
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Minerals Commission to get tough on community mining to check destruction of water bodies and forests
The Minerals Commission says it will commence the monitoring of community mining activities to clamp down on the pollution of water bodies and some forest reserves. There have been reports of heavy pollution of the Offin and Pra Rivers due to the use of mercury by artisanal small scale miners; a situation partly due to…
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Former President Kufuor wants Minerals Commission to deepen local content
Former President J.A. Kufuor has urged the Minerals Commission Board to deepen Ghana’s mining industry local content by developing Ghanaians in the sector to become billionaires. He noted that “as a country, it is about we making a deliberate and conscious effort at developing our own to become billionaires and the mining sector especially…
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Mining support service companies protest 500% increase in permit charges
Mining support service companies are impressing upon the Minerals Commission to reduce what they say is a 500 percent increase in permit charges. In a letter sent to the Minerals Commission and sighted by Citi Business News, the companies complain they were previously charged between GHS10,000 and GHS5000 for Sole Proprietorship per annum for a…
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Newmont to comply with Ahafo mine accident findings
Newmont Ghana Limited says it will address all findings outlined in the investigative committee’s report on its Ahafo mine expansion project. According to the company’s Regional Senior Vice President for Newmont Africa, Alwyn Pretorius, the firm will work to prevent the incident from happening again. “We are all devastated by the loss of six colleagues…
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Six persons die at Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo site
At least six persons have died with others sustaining various degrees of injury following an accident at Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine site. The incident occurred on Saturday April 7, 2018. Information available to Citi Business News indicates that the fatalities occurred when a reclaim tunnel roof collapsed on the workers who were engaged as part…
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Govt creates mining districts to regulate small scale mining
Small scale miners whose operations were suspended following the rise in illegal mining activities may have to wait a little longer before resuming work. It follows plans by the government to intensify some oversight roles by the Minerals Commission. Speaking to Citi Business News on the possible time for the resumption of work by the…