In Ghana, gold mining is not just an industry but a vital part of many rural communities. However, the rise of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) brings significant challenges that go beyond ...

By Baptista Sarah GEBU The Galamsey (illegal small-scale gold mining) menace in Ghana poses a significant threat to food security due to its extensive environmental and health impacts – Ghana is ...

Mining is very vital to the economy of Ghana. It attracts more than half of all Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Martin Kwaku Ayisi has said that, the illegal mining activities will not end until small-scale miners are given specific designated places ...

Illegal small-scale mining, known locally as "galamsey," has become one of the most destructive forces threatening the environment, economy, and health of Ghanaians.

Illegal small-scale mining, or galamsey as it is locally known, has become one of the most pressing challenges facing Ghana ...

If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that ...

Bottom-up inventories combine emission factors, such as the amount of mercury that enters the atmosphere when coal mined in a ...

The speakers at a roundtable on implementation of Minamata Convention highlighted the urgent need to engage youth in ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has backed calls for illegal miners on water bodies to be flushed out. He said the Commission has not issued mining permit ...