President John Dramani Mahama has announced a policy to transition mining companies in Ghana from owner mining to contract mining...
World faces biodiversity reality check as UN talks expose funding gaps
World leaders, diplomats and nature experts are meeting in Armenia this week to assess efforts to halt biodiversity loss, with...
Ghana: Sacking MMDCEs is not the solution to galamsey – Bansah
Mining Consultant Dr Kenneth Bansahhas argued that dismissing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) over the continued prevalence of...
Ghana: Earl International denies EPA shutdown of mining operations
Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited has denied reports that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has shut down its mining...
Power shortages threaten Africa’s push to process minerals locally
African countries seeking to increase the value of their mineral resources through local processing face a major obstacle: a shortage...
Congo arrests hundreds of Chinese miners in copper heartland
About 300 Chinese nationals working in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper belt were detained earlier this week as part...
Greenland to introduce ban on seabed mining Â
Greenland Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution to introduce a ban on seabed mineral extraction, RMF24 reported Friday. The news comes a...
BHP sues union at Spence copper mine over ‘illegal’ stoppages
Global miner BHP has sued the workers’ union at its Spence copper mine in Chile over two work stoppages it...
Ghana: Asantehene, Lands Minister launch 153-hectare reclamation project to reverse galamsey damage
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, have launched a...
Ghana: Technology to fight illegal mining exists , but political will is lacking-Sam Jonah
Mining magnate Sir Sam Jonah says the technology needed to combat illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, exists, but what...