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The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using an aggressive approach where necessary, to ensure that the culprits do not return to the site when the reclamation program begins.

Dr Fayemi, in the meeting attended by all cadre of the workers in the ministry, said the huge scale of illegal mining by the two companies in Wase was tantamount to economic terrorism, adding that government was determined to confront anyone or group that are out to sabotage the economy through illegal mining and other means.

A campaign against illegal mining by the current NPP government is gaining traction amid fears the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, who is fronting the anti-illegal mining crusade, will lose steam because of the influential people involved in the practice.

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It is further exacerbated by the senseless abuse of our rivers and lakes in the newfound craze for illegal mining.

The four were picked up in one of the mines in Obuasi busy engaging in galamsey, an act that was in violation of Ghana's mining laws and in apparent disobedience of an ultimatum given by the Lands Minister for all illegal mining activities to cease.

An Accra high court has adjourned the hearing of a bail application by Asia Huang, a Chinese lady arrested for illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The taskforce deployed to combat illegal mining (galamsey) have explained why some excavators used by galamseyers were set on fire

A statement issued by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex B. Poku - Acheampong said the move is in furtherance of «the recent groundswell of public revulsion and media and civil society advocacy against the menace of illegal mining, commonly referred to as «galamsey».

Government has come under attack by thousands of Ghanaians engaging in illegal mining threatening to vote against the ruling party in the next elections despite their (illegal miners) hazardous activities on the environment.

Major Mahama, who was promoted posthumously by President Akufo - Addo from Captain to Major, was the commander of a military detachment checking galamsey (illegal mining) activities at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region.

He recently became very popular when he led a media campaign against illegal mining in the country, forcing the NPP government's hand against galamsey, even though President Akufo - Addo had promised illegal miners, during the 2016 campaign, that galamsey would not be discouraged by an NPP government.

In a Citi News interview, Kofi Agyemang expressed his excitement and confidence that a permanent solution to the illegal mining menace was being funded by government to relieve Ghanaians from its devastating effects.

In response to a question by one of the workers, Dr Fayemi said the ministry would adopt its own whistle blowing arrangement in order to encourage more information on illegal mining activities in the sector.

The Management of BUA Group has reacted to allegations by Dangote Group that it was engaging in illegal mining activities in Okene, Kogi State.

Edwin said: «It is therefore appalling that BUA Group in the midst of these overwhelming facts will still want the public to believe that Dangote Group is after its business when in actual fact BUA has been the one mining illegally in Dangote Mining Lease and attacking its officials without any justification... The crocodile tears being shed by BUA in its cry for help and open letter to the President is most laughable and a total distraction from BUA's continuous illegal activities within Dangote's ML 2541 aimed at depleting and exhausting the limestone reserves in order to sabotage Dangote Group's legitimate investment.&mining illegally in Dangote Mining Lease and attacking its officials without any justification... The crocodile tears being shed by BUA in its cry for help and open letter to the President is most laughable and a total distraction from BUA's continuous illegal activities within Dangote's ML 2541 aimed at depleting and exhausting the limestone reserves in order to sabotage Dangote Group's legitimate investment.&Mining Lease and attacking its officials without any justification... The crocodile tears being shed by BUA in its cry for help and open letter to the President is most laughable and a total distraction from BUA's continuous illegal activities within Dangote's ML 2541 aimed at depleting and exhausting the limestone reserves in order to sabotage Dangote Group's legitimate investment.»

Ghana's forests, which once covered a third of its 24 - million - hectare landmass, have been degraded at an alarming rate by excessive and often illegal logging, slash - and - burn agriculture, mining and quarrying, and fuel wood collection.

He was killed by residents of Denkyira - Obuasi on May 29, 2017, where he was commanding army personnel to fight illegal mining.

The progressive People's Party (PPP), has described as undiplomatic the tone of a letter addressed to the government by the Chinese Mission in Ghana on the illegal mining menace in the country.

Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has urged illegal miners to take advantage of the numerous opportunities offered by the government under the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) to make a living.

Teachers in the East Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region, an area ravaged by the activities of illegal miners, have pledged to join Citi FM's efforts in ending illegal mining also known as galamsey.

The government has since taken a number of actions including suspending the issuance of new licences for the small - scale mining in the country, and it has announced the retrieval of some illegal mining equipment, surrendered by the operators following the massive drive to clamp down on their activities.

Asked by Citi News «Kojo Agyeman why the House was yet to make its position known on the fight against illegal mining public, Nana Prah said the House was only constituted this year and was still finding its feet.

The environmental group Protect the Adirondacks filed an ethics complaint regarding what it contends was «illegal advocacy and lobbying» by the state DC in support of a 2013 constitutional amendment that cleared the way for a land - swap deal between New York and an Essex County mining operation.

A police and the military joint task force under Operation Vanguard was deployed to three regions considered the most affected by the illegal mining, and close to 400 arrests have been made.

The ground operatives arrested by police are ultimately easily replaced by the persons financing the illegal mining operations, a security analyst, Emmanuel Sowatey, has explained to Citi News.

Mr. Fuseini made the remark on the back of a hint by the current Minister of Lands and Forestry, Mr. John Peter Amewu, to deploy similar technology in combating illegal mining in Ghana.

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday granted bail to a miner, Alh Abdullahi Adamu alias Dan - China, 16 Chinese nationals and 9 other Nigerians, who are being tried by the federal government over alleged illegal mining.

Five Chinese nationals who were granted bail by the Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for engaging in illegal mining, have been re-arrested for their involvement in the same act.

Capt. Mahama, who was deployed to the Denyira - Obuasi community in the Central Region region together with his colleague military officers to wage war on illegal mining, was lynched by residents of the area after they mistook him for an armed robber.

Many Ghanaians survive on illegal mining activities, which is also backed by some traditional authorities, politicians and other influential persons in society.

Some Ninety illegal miners who have been apprehended by government's anti-illegal mining task force Operation Vanguard have been arraigned in various parts of the country.

According to him, the sentences given by the judiciary to the suspects were not deterrent enough, and was a major disincentive to the fight against illegal mining in the country.

COCOBOD has expressed its displeasure with the recent rise in the level of devastation of cocoa plantations by both legal and illegal mining firms.

«We are sure you will agree that the accelerated environmental damage is caused by the industrial scale of illegal mining with heavy duty machinery.

We must, thus, be determined to protect our environment and water bodies by joining hands in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in order to bring an end to the devastation of some of our landscape, and the pollution of our water bodies, occasioned by the activities of illegal miners.

Government's resolve to end illegal mining was given a boost with the deployment of security personnel to three regions considered the most affected by the menace.

Mr Amewu told journalists at Kyebi in the Eastern Region after inspecting some degraded mined sites, to acquaint himself with the extent of damage caused by illegal mining in the area.

He recalls one incident when his group spotted 11 hectares of forest loss in Peru, accompanied by extensive dredging — signs of an illegal gold mining operation.

These revelations, made public only late last month, have rekindled a broader debate about how to manage contact as isolated indigenous peoples increasingly emerge from the forest, displaced by mining, logging, and illegal activities (Science, 5 June, pp. 1061, 1072, 1080).

Imara, kidnapped by rebels, is a child soldier with a group starting an illegal coltan mine in the Congo.

Informed by on - the - ground investigations and interviews in North and South Kivu, the report reveals that despite being on opposing sides, the national Congolese army and rebel groups, in particular the FDLR, regularly cooperate with each other, carving up territory and occasionally sharing the spoils of illegal mining.

A small community, far from Venezula's Orinoco Mining Arc, discovers gold, leading to an incursion by illegal miners, environmental devastation and an allegedly deadly army raid.

While national laws recognize communities» rights to their forests, government agencies undermine those rights by failing to expel illegal settlers and loggers or allocating community forests for mining and hydrocarbon extraction.

Morning summary: Australia to face more extreme weather say researchers; Newspapers in Australia cast doubts on climate change; Illegal gold mining in Peru increased Amazon deforestation by 400 %

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Locally illegal bitcoin mining activities have been raided and shut down by government officials in Puchong, Malaysia.

According to a report by the Yonhap news agency, the allegedly illegal mining activities were uncovered in four different complexes in the country's southwestern city of Gwangju.

In his interview with CCTV translated by Box Mining, Bing explained that the suspension on ICOs and the government's declaration of ICOs as an illegal fundraising method are only temporary, until local financial regulators introduce necessary regulatory frameworks and policies for both ICO investors and projects.

According to a report by the Yonhap news agency, the allegedly illegal mining...