Sentences with phrase «scale miners»

According to him, small scale miners in the country are bound to incur more losses if government does not take steps to reverse ban.

With about 30 percent of the 3.6 million ounces of gold produced in 2011 coming from the camp of small scale miners, the ministry is not about to ban mining altogether.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, Total number of small scale miners in Ghana as at 2016 stands at one million people.

Some members of the Ashanti Regional chapter of the Small Scale Miners Association who were traveling from Obuasi and other areas to join their colleagues at Gyamfua Park at Asokwa - Kumasi were prevented by the police at the various barriers, Kumasi - based Ultimate FM reports.

«I thank the small - scale miners for exercising patience over the last one year, what I can assure them is that we are in the last stages of the processes, we need just a little more patience», she stated.

In 2016, Katembo helped shut down eight quarries and removed more than 1,400 small - scale miners who were illegally mining for coltan — a metal often used in smartphones.

Government will this year (2018), begin vetting all small - scale miners across the country to regularize and monitor their activities.

The about 38 - year old small - scale miner popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, had stated that he would lead attacks on all NDC polling station agents in the Ashanti region, if Social Media is blocked on Election Day as suggested by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

According to them, it appears they have been targeted by the ban which does not apply to large - scale miners despite the fact that both small and large - scale mining is regulated by the same law.

For instance, the total gold production by small scale miners rose from an estimated 2.2 % in 1989 to 31 % of the national production in 2016 whilst production of all diamonds is now coming from small scale mining.

Peruvian officials estimate that there are 100,000 small - scale miners working in virtually every region of Peru, so gold - shop emissions are a widespread problem.

The target market of Genesis Engineering ranges from hobbyists and small businesses reached by the company's showrooms, co-working spaces and speaker series, to multinational energy companies and large - scale miners reached by the company's consultancy and mining projects.

About two hundred and sixty eight million dollars ($ 268m) of investments have been lost within months following government's ban on small scale mining, Small Scale Miners Association claims.

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has criticized government's blanket ban and indiscriminate arrest of small scale miners in its quest to fight galamsey.

Meanwhile, the Coordinator at the Third World Network, Dr. Yao Graham, has called on government to compensate legally registered small - scale miners for the losses incurred during the period of the ban.

Registered small scale miners in Ghana are demanding compensation from government after losing over $ 500 million due to the ban placed on their activities.

Small - scale miners are often exploited by middlemen, working in remote, marginalised conditions and rarely receiving a fair price for their gold, according to Fairtrade.

In an interview with Accra - based Starr FM, the General Secretary of the Association, Godwin Armah, said small scale miners in the country have collectively lost about $ 551 million as a result of the ban.

However, the Ghana National Association of Small - Scale Miners (GNASSM) want the ban on small scale mining reversed after complaining about recording huge losses.

Even now, small - scale miners have issued an ultimatum to the government, calling on it to come clean over what the «stop the galamsey campaign» is all about.

The victims mostly farmers, traders, drivers, teachers, festish priests, and small scale miners have been excrutiatingly affected by the collapse of the leading to some deaths, students dropping out of children, and collapse of businesses.

All galamseyers and small scale miners should go back to work on their site if Ibrahim Mahama is permitted to mine the Bauxite.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, we wish to conclude by calling on Nananom, Civil Society, the clergy and all Ghanaians to rise and condemn government's unfair and heartless treatment of small scale miners.

According the leadership of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), the move by the government to halt their activities has affected livelihoods.

Aside these, small scale miners have provided social amenities such as toilets, boreholes, CHPS compounds among others for several mining communities, which eases the pressure on the government.

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Ken Yeboah has directed the small scale miners in the region to call off their intended demonstration today [Tuesday, September 12] which was meant to protest a temporary ban on their activities.

It is our reckoning that the militarized approach adopted by His Excellency President Akufo Addo towards small scale mining leaves much to be desired of, considering the fact that small scale miners are hardworking citizens of Ghana whose contribution to the national economy can not be underestimated.

In the year 2016 as well, Toyota Ghana recorded its highest sales in Africa as a result of high purchase of its vehicles by small scale miners.

In terms of contribution to GDP, total gold production by small scale miners in 1989 was 2 % of GDP whilst in 2015, contribution to GDP was 34 % and 31 % in 2016.

«We have trained both small - scale miners and galamseyers and have also sent people to China for training on Natural Resources Management», she revealed.

The Ashanti Region Minister further alleged that some excavators owned by small scale miners were burnt while acids were also poured into the engines of some of them during the former President's regime; hence he has no moral right to question NPP's method of dealing with the menace.

Meanwhile, the MP is calling for a total ban on small scale mining as he urges small scale miners to pull resources together and go into large scale mining.

The minister highlighted the environmental damage caused by the use of crude and inappropriate technologies by small scale miners.

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners has warned that a further extension of the ban on all forms of small - scale mining in the country will be harmful to the sector.

Estimatedly, there are over two hundred thousand small - scale miners in gold rich areas across Ghana, according to international organizations.

Associate executive director, Hanna Owusu Koranteng said there is illegality among both small - scale miners and larger international companies that needs to be addressed.

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has asked members of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners to exercise restraint as the government works to fully implement measures to ensure responsible mining in the country.

The Minister, however added that the ministry would continue to guide and provide both technical and financial supports genuine artisanal and small scale miners, who abide by the rules and regulations guiding the sector.

The company wields a Ghana Minerals Commission license that permits gold dealership; by way of its sales and purchase from the niche market; sourcing from the licensed small scale miners and the general public for purposes of value addition (refine) and process into finished products, package and put up for sale on domestic market or exports».

But the group has since the government's renewed fight against illegal mining in the country, expressed its dissatisfaction, particularly on the basis that even those operating with requisite licence have been boxed together with the illegal ones It has been demanding that government draws the line between illegal small scale miners and legitimate small scale miners with licence.

«We have given the president three days to allow us work otherwise all die be die,» Frank Osei who is the Chairman of the group, Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told journalists Thursday.

Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the President noted, intends to facilitate the manufacture and sale of «Sika Bukyia» to all licensed small scale miners.

He commended the University also for its contribution to the fight against galamsey through the training of four hundred (400) small scale miners, with an additional thousand (1,000) more set to be trained this year, and the manufacture of «Sika Bukyia», a direct smelting kit for the recovery of gold without the use of mercury.

President Akufo - Addo acknowledged that, Ghana has long been a country of mineral deposits and the exploitation of minerals, hence, there was no vendetta against small - scale miners, some of who are aggrieved by the upsurge in attempts to protect the environment from the ills of mining.

Especially a ban that is discriminatory against us as licensed small - scale miners.