News
of illegal mining activity on Bangka...
But following a directive for the cessation
of all illegal mining activities in the country...
Not exact matches
The authorization was legitimized in two ways: firstly in the government's justification
of mining activity that avoids a shortage
of mineral resources for the nation, and secondly in the hope that allowing legal
mining would assist in combating
illegal exploration.
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.
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.
Concomitantly, as smuggling and
illegal mining thrived on this highly lucrative market, China has also recently started a vigorous crackdown on
illegal activity and took steps for greater regulation
of the rare earth metals sector.
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.
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.
The Eastern Region town
of Akwatia is among the areas where small - scale legal and
illegal mining activities are very high.
Akufo - Addo led government is doing what is contained in the 2016 manifesto
of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in respect to fighting
illegal mining activities nationwide, the party's Ashanti Regional Communications Director, Mr. Akwasi Kyei has said.
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.
The District Chief Executive for Dormaa East in the Brong Ahafo Region, Emmanuel Kofi Agyeman, has incurred the wrath
of persons engaged in
illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, for waging a sustained fight against the
activity in the area.
According to Col. Eric Aggrey - Quarshie, Director
of Public Relations, Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), the body
of the late Captain arrived Tuesday evening from the Dunkwa - on - Offin Government Hospital in the region where it was initially kept after the assassination in a town where
illegal mining (popularly called galamsey)
activities are at their peak.
The minister said the FEC approved N987m for the purchase
of 50 Hilux vehicles for the special
mines taskforce establiahed to monitor and curb
illegal mining activities in all the 36 states
of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
He further urged the Queen mothers to support government's efforts at ridding
illegal mining activities out
of their communities to help protect the environment.
Despite the fact that in 2013, the government made a frantic effort and deported some Chinese for their involvement in
Illegal mining activities, a report published on theguardian.com in July
of that same year revealed our government's dependence on the Chinese.
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.»
This in spite
of the fact that Ghana's laws are clear on
illegal mining, and also restricts foreigners from engaging in the licensed small scale
mining activity.
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 foreigners who were arrested for engaging in
illegal mining activities on Monday applied for protection under the former Minister
of Defence, Ben Kumbour.
The role
of some Chinese nationals in
illegal mining activities in the country has been well documented, but a former Ashanti Regional Minister under the Mahama administration has singled out a Chinese woman as being particularly notorious and engaging in the blackmail
of some influential persons.
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.
Following an increase in the
activities of illegal mining operation in Edo state, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo command said weekend that it has commence clamping down on
illegal mining operators in the state.
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 government alleged that the accused persons had sometime between 2015 and 2017, made some
illegal mining activities and disposing
of the minerals, thereby committing offences punishable under Miscellaneous Offences Act
of Nigeria 2004.
The government through the Ministry
of Lands and Natural Resources as part
of activities to stop the menace, has temporarily placed a ban on the issuance
of licenses for small - scale
mining, and directed all
illegal miners to cease the practice and evacuate from the various sites.
There is currently a ban on small - scale
mining in the country following the widespread devastation
of the water resources and forest reserves due to the
activities of illegal miners.
Evidence from media reports and CSOs, including police arrests, suggest the high involvement
of Chinese in the
activities, but according to the Chinese mission in the country, its [Chinese] government attaches great important to the
illegal mining issue and is firmly against the involvement
of Chinese in
illegal mining in Ghana.
Illegal mining activities in the Ashanti Region have reduced following the introduction
of Operation Vanguard.
President Nana Akufo - Addo has described as successful, the work
of Operation Vanguard, the team tasked to enforce the government's campaign against
illegal mining activities in the country.
We respectfully appeal to you to mobilise law enforcement resources to all threatened areas to secure the affected areas as a matter
of urgency, and stop all
illegal mining activities.
Environmental degradationAlthough the
mining sector contributed 14 per cent
of the government's gross domestic revenues, President Mahama mentioned that the sector came with a major cost
of environmental damage resulting from
illegal activities.
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.
Once any particular development corridor is established, Pandora's Box will be opened and there won't be very much that one can do to control the onslaught
of hunting, habitat disruption, and legal and
illegal mining activities.
In Hindu tradition, the waters
of the sacred River Ganges are capable
of reviving the spirit and cleansing the soul — but as
illegal mining activities upstream have carried on unabated, its flow has been muddied with pollution
Digital Democracy is launching Mapeo, a cutting - edge participatory mapping platform that helps indigenous communities protect their ancestral territories from
illegal mining, environmental degradation, and other
activities that threaten their way
of life.
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.