To promote transparency and reduce all corruption risks associated with the awarding of mining licenses and permits, face-to-face processing must be replaced with digitisation, a new report by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, has recommended.
Titled ‘Corruption Risk Assessment Report on Mineral Mining Licensing in...
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has come out to condemn the activities of illegal small scale miners, as cyanide and mercury are being dumped into the Bia River.
The development poses serious health challenges for residents, since they are compelled to drink from the Bia River as...
Officials of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have served notice to Galamsey operators at Denkyira Brofoyedru in the Central region, to desist from mining activities close to their power transmission towers.
Activities of Galamsey miners have become a menace to power supply in some localities in the Central and Western...
Gold Fields Ghana Limited is supporting government’s efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the areas where it operates.
So far, the company has committed US$833,000 on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support both the Health Directorate at Tarkwa Nsuaem and Prestea Huni-Valley Municipalities in the fight...
Newmont Ghana’s Akyem Mine has donated GH¢166,000 worth of medical supplies to the New Abirem Government Hospital and Birim Central Municipal Health Directorate to support COVID-19 relief efforts in the mine’s host communities and region.
The donation included Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), personal hygiene items, and hospital equipment and consumables....
Chamber of Mines advocates
A waiver of Value Added Tax (VAT) on big ticket cost items such as drilling and laboratory services will consolidate the contribution of the mining sector to the economy, as well as, cement the country’s prestigious position as Africa’s top gold producer, the Chamber...
Abosso Gold Fields Limited (AGL) has spent a total of GH¢621, 000 on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support the fight against Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19) in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
The first batch of the items which was presented few weeks ago are; 15,670 pocket-sized alcohol based hand sanitizer,754...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate’s fight against the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) has received a major boost as mining equipment and technology services provider, Sandvik Mining & Construction (Ghana) Ltd has donated personal protective equipment to the directorate.
The GH¢150,000 equipment are to augment government’s supplies and help the region with...
Golden Star Bogoso Prestea Limited (GSBPL) has presented Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health facilities across the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality in the Western Region.
The items include 179 boxes of disposable gloves, 62 boxes of N95 nose masks, 9 thermometer flash, 10 boxes of goggles, 10 boxes of hair capS,...
… Alliances intensified to address supply chain challenges
Players in the country’s mining sector, under their umbrella-body the Chamber of Mines, have intensified their collaboration to address supply chain challenges and ensure their operations continue with few hitches amid restraints emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global supply chain disruptions and...