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The Ghana Chamber of Mines Monday presented a cheque for GHc778,657.00 to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources towards the implementation of the Ghana Green initiative. The Green Ghana is an initiative of the Ministry to restore the degraded forest cover caused by the activities of illegal miners. The…
A former minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Inusah Fuseini, says although mining contributes to the development of the country, it must not be done to the detriment of the environment. According to him, unregulated small-scale mining destroyed the environment, polluted water bodies and posed health challenges to the people in areas they were done. "Past governments have attempted to deal with small-scale mining, all with little success; the recent one was the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Small-Scale Mining," he said. Mr. Fuseini said this when he chaired the first plenary sessi...
Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Bonney 705 Discussants at a plenary session of the National Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining have identified the lack of enforcement of laws against unregulated mining as one of the key factors responsible for illegal mining across the country. They said influence in the work of institutions regulating the mining sector was another factor. The discussants were a representative of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Nii Laryea Sowah; a representative of the Ministerial Committee to Develop a Blueprint for Small Scale Mining, Mr Benjamin Aryee; the acti...
Illegal mining: A threat to food security in Upper Denkyira West District The Upper Denkyira West District is one of the 22 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Central Region. It shares common boundaries with Babiani Ahwiaso Bekwai Municipal to the north, Amansie West and Amansie Central Districts to the east, Wassa Amenfi East and West Municipalities to the West, and Upper Denkyira East Municipality to the south. It was carved out of the erstwhile Upper Denkyira District with Diaso as its administrative capital. The minerals rich district has a total land area of 5...