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Mr Anthony Emmanuel Aggrey, the District Chief Executive urged the youth to stop the illegal mining which was fast degrading the District and venture into farming.

The new government has intensified its efforts to rid the country of illegal mining which has devastated many communities in six regions of the country.

This forms part of efforts to sustain the campaign against illegal mining which has affected major river bodies and left acres of farmlands destroyed.

The Lands Ministry has for sometime now intensified its efforts to rid the country of illegal mining which has devastated many communities in six regions of the country.

Civil society organizations and the media recently joined the government to launch series of campaigns against illegal mining which is causing havoc to livelihoods and property as well as Ghana's water bodies and forest covers.

This is because the illegalities in the sale of contaminated fuel are more costly than illegal mining which is often referred to as galamsey.

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Running an ICO of course, could have helped boost this campaign and give Cambridge Analytica an instant source of income which would have accelerated their seemingly illegal, data mining process.

He also referred to the wave of illegal mining, which has polluted our major rivers and turned them «into a flow of mud and grime».

To make matters worse, we can state authoritatively that Chinese illegal miners have found their way back into the forests in parts of the Ashanti Region to engage in the same mining activity for which the «Operation Vanguard» force of the President have killed and maimed many innocent Ghanaians.

He said his government is not against mining but is against the illegal manner it is done which ends up polluting the country's waterbodies.

Later on, angry youth also set up checkpoints on the Wassa Akropong High street in search of Chinese nationals following the killing, which heightened already existing tensions because of Chinese involvement in illegal mining.

Prince William Ankrah, General Secretary of the Ghana Mine workers Union, has hailed government and stakeholders» efforts at tackling illegal mining, which has destroyed Ghana's water bodies and farmlands.

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 says the «sisters and brothers of corruption are terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal mining», which are all part of the same chain.

The donation was however met with some concerns from the public, and some civil society groups which highlighted the delicate dynamic between the two nations given the widespread involvement of Chinese nationals in the devastating illegal mining.

We wish to state unequivocally that Exton Cubic Group has never engaged in any illegal mining activity in Ghana,» Exton Cubic Group said in a statement following the seizure of trucks belonging to Ibrahim Mahama's E&P, which was undertaking «preparatory works at the concession.

The Chinese lady who is married to a Ghanaian is alleged to have videoed sexual escapades with some persons which she allegedly uses in blackmailing them against moves to halt illegal mining.

The Ministry and other state agencies including the Police Service, have committed to ridding the country of illegal mining to ensure the country meets the Sustainable Development Goal 6, which seeks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Speaking in Obomeng Kwahu, Eastern Region on Saturday, the President asserted that, the law which criminalizes illegal mining will be enforced irrespective of any nationality.

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

Campaigns against illegal mining in the country have in the last few months intensified with Citi FM championing a #StopGalamseyNow campaign that is gaining momentum, rallying various stakeholders to address the menace which has left devastating effects on the country's environment.

This according to him, will curb illegal mining (Galamsey), which has become rampant in many gold mining areas of the country.

In all, a personal observation showed that about 96 water bodies combined in Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Central, Eastern and Western Regions have been contaminated with lead, mercury and cyanide chemicals which are being used for illegal gold mining operations in 2013/2014 periods.

He noted that «This is in preparation for our deforestation program in terms of degradation which is as a result of illegal small scale mining.

Having said that, I think we should go beyond market mechanisms, and institute an immediate, outright ban on the construction of any new coal - fired power plants and any new coal mines, and also announce a deadline within no more than ten years at which time the burning of coal to generate electricity will be illegal and all coal - fired power plants, and coal mines, will be shut down.

Illegal mining of digital currencies was discovered in four different industrial zones in the city of Gwangju, which is located in the southwestern part of South Korea, the YonHap news agency reports.

Evidence surfacing on Twitter added to an article from local news outlet Caixing today, which stated electricity supplier in Szechuan province had said Bitcoin mining was now «illegal.»