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.
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.
Not exact matches
In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end
of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «
illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction
of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales,
which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way
of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that
illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few
of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.
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».
This is because the illegalities in the sale
of contaminated fuel are more costly than
illegal mining which is often referred to as galamsey.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
This forms part
of efforts to sustain the campaign against
illegal mining which has affected major river bodies and left acres
of farmlands destroyed.
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.
This according to him, will curb
illegal mining (Galamsey),
which has become rampant in many gold
mining areas
of the country.
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.