National Commander of Operation Vanguard, Colonel Michael Amoah Ayisi in a Citi News interview, said those arrested include the owner of
the illegal mining company.
Not exact matches
Firms
mining bitcoin have also taken to moving to remote locations, not registering a
company and engaging in the mildly
illegal activity of purchasing electricity directly from power producers rather than grid operators.
Korean News Agency recently reported an arrest of 14 people from thirteen
companies for
illegal use of cheap electricity for
mining.
The Minister, John Peter Amewu, in September 2017 revoked the
company's licenses to prospect in the Nyinahini bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest Reserve, describing the
company's operations there as
illegal because of invalid
mining leases.
On the 4th of May 2017, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu suspended the operations of Shaanxi
Mining company to allow for investigations into the death of some
illegal miners alleged to have been...
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.
Sixteen Chinese nationals and eight Nigerians involved in massive
illegal mining were arrested in Zurak, on August 15 at the wake of the shutting down of the two
companies on the orders of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major - Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), and the Minister when the duo visited some
illegal mining sites in the richly endowed lead / zinc belt.
Finally, rregulating
illegal gold
mining companies into the formal sector is important.
Advances in data
mining make it possible for
companies to skirt the federal regulations that make it
illegal to discriminate in pricing access to credit based on certain personal attributes.
The Mexican Senate passed legislation in April 2012 and the European Union is drafting anti-corruption laws that will make it
illegal for oil, gas and
mining companies to bribe officials in resource rich countries.
The flyer stated, «Bitcoin is
illegal thus the
company shall not provide electricity to
mining facilities.»
The head of that
company has clarified that they made mistakes on the statement, as they are not a government administrative department, and have no rights to determine whether bitcoin
mining is
illegal