Tag: MMIP
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Stopping galamsey: Gov’t to ban mercury imports by end of year
Government has disclosed it will ban the importation of mercury to augment efforts to curb the impact of illegal mining activities in the country. The move is expected to take effect by the end of 2017. The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng who announced this said the ban will restrict…
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Lands Ministry sets July 19 to start integrated mining project
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has indicated that it will by the 19th of July, 2017, implement the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) aimed at sanitizing the country’s mining sector. According to a resource governance index report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Ghana ranked 24th out of 81 countries involved in…