A Civil Society group operating within the mining sector, Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), have joined the Ghana MineWorkers' Union (GMWU), to kick against Goldfields Ghana Limited's (GFGL) moves to contractor mining at its Tarkwa mine.
WACAM has therefore called on the government, to immediately intervene and...
Goldfields Ghana Limited has said it will disengage the services of around 1,350 workers, and not 2,150 - with the contractor under its new contract mining arrangement expected to absorb about 80 – 85 percent of them.
The company said this in a letter dated March 9, 2018, signed by...
Government’s continuous neglect of mining communities in terms of providing good roads and other social amenities has far-reaching consequences, chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, has said.
He challenged government to complement the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts of mining firms and channel development...
The B&FT has gathered that, the number of workers to be disengaged by Goldfields Ghana Limited, to be employed by a contractor as Goldfields moves from owner mining, may reduce from the reported 1,500 to around 1,350.
This was contained in a letter sighted by the B&FT, dated March 09,...
The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has sent a very strong signal to illegal miners known in the local parlance as galamsayers, who are polluting the country’s various water bodies, to put an end to their dastardly act or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
According to...
Mrs. Hanna Owusu-Koranteng, Associate Executive Director of Wacam-a civil society organiSation, has advocated review of the Multisectoral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) for it to be holistic and incorporate all surface-mining operations so as to ensure effectively dealing with all mining-related problems.
The MMIP is a five-year government policy instrument designed...
There is currently confusion at the Tarkwa Mine of Goldfields, as some workers have been injured due tear Gas, pepper spray and indiscriminate firing by the Military and the Police, all aimed at dispersing a peaceful demonstration embarked by the workers of the mine.
The use of tear gas and...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is seeking to derive more value from its bauxite resources by expanding the country’s processing capacity of the resource.
Speaking at the 61st Independence Day celebration in Accra, President Nana Addo said government will finalise details of an infrastructure programme before end...
Stakeholders and farmers of AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Gold Mine host communities have met to deliberate and agree on crop rates for mine-wide farm compensation for 2018. The meeting, which is held yearly, brings together relevant stakeholders to review crop rates used to pay compensation to farmers whose activities are...
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has served notice it will embark on a full-blown strike by Tuesday March 27, 2018, if the government does not call mining giant Goldfields to order.
Per the unions directives which is contained in a statement which was copied to the B&FT, prior to the...