Ghana’s establishment of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) represents a major restructuring of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) gold trade, but the reform may not by itself address the underlying factors sustaining informality, according to a new study published in Resources Policy. The study, titled “Decades of artisanal and small-scale mining formalization in Ghana: …
Mechanisation in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is improving productivity but is also displacing women from core mining activities and pushing them into lower-paid and less secure work, a new study has found. The study, titled “Mechanization, gender, and livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining: a technofeminist political ecology perspective,” was conducted by …
Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Isaac Andrews Tandoh, says Ghana’s reforms in gold trading, mining formalisation and enforcement are designed to eventually make it difficult for illegal miners to find a market for their gold. Speaking at the just ended Future Mining Forum in Saudi Arabia, Mr Tandoh said the government is implementing …
The Minerals Commission has ordered a two-week suspension of underground mining activities at the Gbane and Adakoto sites in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region amid a boundary dispute between Earl International Group Ghana Limited and Nanlaamtaba Mining Company. Under a formal prohibition notice signed by the two companies, Chief Mining Inspector Joseph …
The Liberian Government and ArcelorMittal-Liberia (AML) have begun advancing a framework to implement a US$5 million annual Community Development Fund under the company’s Third Mineral Development Agreement (MDA). The framework was discussed at a stakeholder consultation on August 31, 2026, convened by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and attended by government officials, county authorities …
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) says it expects to generate US$1.4 billion in foreign exchange in September 2026, under a new collaborative financing model for its artisanal and small-scale mining gold operations. GoldBod said the model, developed following consultations with the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Ghana, commercial banks and other market stakeholders, began …
As a military helicopter roared overhead and soldiers fired the first warning shots, six wildcat miners rushed onto a boat and tore downriver. Another plunged into the water and swam after them, leaving behind a makeshift camp that would soon go up in flames. The scene in a dense, remote jungle south of the Amazon …
Gold Fields has trained 50 state emergency and disaster management officials in cyanide and Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) incident management as part of efforts to strengthen emergency preparedness and response. The training followed recommendations from a review of the company’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, with a focus on improving the capacity of first responders …
A high-level delegation from Guinea’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development has engaged the Minerals Commission in Accra to learn from Ghana’s experience in regulating artisanal and small-scale mining and promoting environmental sustainability in the extractive sector. The visit forms part of efforts by the two countries to deepen bilateral cooperation on mining governance, environmental …
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), in collaboration with the Northern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service, has arrested 10 suspected illegal miners at Kpali, near Gbinyiri, in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. The operation, conducted from August 25 to 27, 2026, targeted illegal mining activities along …
