Women in Ghana Battle a U.S.-Owned Gold Mine for Land and Livelihood

Mining giant Newmont has been seizing farms and dumping cyanide into waterways

YaaKonadu sits outside the farmhouse in Ghana that Newmont took away from her. Company workers spray-painted "Done" on ...

Prosecute powerful persons behind galamsey – Kobina Nketsia

Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities [Galamsey] should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional area, Nana Kobina Nketsia has said.

Nana Nketsia who made the suggestion at a ...

Give Mining Sector agencies prosecution powers

Give mining sector agencies prosecution powers – CSO 

 A civil society group, Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is advocating for agencies in charge of mining activities to be given ...

Damning Report on Newmont Ahafo Mine Operation

Kantinka (B/A), Feb 15, GNA – A research study by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and two other institutions shows that the operation of the Newmont Ahafo Mine, has ...

Reports say Newmont's operations is adversely affecting food productio

The Institute of Development Studies at the University of Cape Coast, in  collaboration with Wacam, a non-governmental organisation, have launched two reports on the adverse effects of the operations of ...

Wacam renews mining act amendment plea

Wacam, a non-governmental association,  has renewed calls for the amendment of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) to cure deficiencies in the decade-old law.

According to WACAM, portions ...

Wacam Launches Proposed Minerals and Mining Bill.

A proposed Minerals and Mining Bill that addresses the challenges in the mining sector has been launched in Accra.

The bill seeks to fill the gaps in the current Minerals ...