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Graphic Online BY: Daily Graphic 705 The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has called for a full scale tripartite investigation involving the government, Ghana Chamber of Mines and the GMWU into frequent mine accidents. This is to correct any possible lapses, and also ensure a more sustainable panacea for development. At the same time, it has also urged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission, and its Inspectorate Division to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent underground accident that saw three mineworkers working in the same area trapped. Two ...

  One person is feared dead after an underground mining pit, which is part of the concession of Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, caved in and trapped some miners, last Monday. According to mining workers who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity, four persons working for Underground Mining Alliance, UMA, a company contracted by Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi mine, were trapped underground. They said there was an unusual sound after the supervisor of the group, who was ahead of them, went further deep as the pit began to cave in. The three persons behind him were able to escape, while a sear...

A staff of Anglogold Ashanti in Obuasi has allegedly died after an underground pit caved in.

David Hagan works at the Underground Mining Alliance (UMA) Obuasi mines and also the founder of Galaxy Foundation Ghana.