At least fiftysix illegal miners mainly foreigners have been arrested in the Eastern region of Ghana, police confirmed on Tuesday.
One Chinese and four Ghanaians were on Wednesday, 23 May, arrested by Operation Vanguard Joint Task Force for engaging in illegal mining (galamsay) at Manson Datano and Tontonkrom both in the ...
The Amansie West District Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. William Bediako Asare, has called for people engaged in illegal gold mining, popularly referred to as "galamsey" to be patriotic and quit the activity. They should accept to respect the government' ban to end the massive environmental destruction.
May 01, 2019· This differs from standard legal mining operations in that galamsey is illegal in Ghana, and the purification and processing of gold is usually accomplished with the use of liquid mercury, a known toxic mineral with substantial negative health effects.
Antigalamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, have arrested six Chinese illegal miners at Adumtia, in the Amansie Cebtral Districtof the Ashanti Region. According to Ghanaweb report, the arrest was made on Wednesday during patrols at the illegal mining sites by the Forward Operation Bases (FOBs), in the Ashanti Region and Central Region.
Anti Illegal Mining in Karnataka Association for India's, The main intention of the project is to curb illegal Mining The main objective of this three year programme is to build on the significant achievements made during recent one year in terms of bringing the illegal mining in Bellary District to a.
In the same Amansie West district, three persons died in a galamsey pit with two others hospitalized at the Manso Government Hospital last week. The National Disaster Management Organisation boss in the Ashanti region Kwabena Nsenkyire threatened to expose persons behind the illegal mining business in the region expressing concern with the number of distress calls they were receiving from mining areas.
Jul 25, 2018· The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Wontumi, has rejected claims that he has been engaging in illegal smallscale mining, popularly known as galamsey despite government's fight to end the menace. Traditional leaders in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region had accused both Mr. Wontumi [.]
I spoke to the Chairman of a Joint Taskforce from the Amansie Central District Assembly, Mr. Simon Kwadwo Antwi who amidst anger promised to take on all illegal mining operators in the District.
Oct 07, 2012· Among the detained, 34 were arrested Monday last week within the mining concession of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) in the Obuasi and Amansie Central areas after local police raided illegal mining sites in the Ashanti Region, the Ghanabased Daily Guide said in an earlier report.
In the same Amansie West district, three persons died in a galamsey pit with two others hospitalized at the Manso Government Hospital last week. The National Disaster Management Organisation boss in the Ashanti region Kwabena Nsenkyire threatened to expose persons behind the illegal mining business in the region expressing concern with the number of distress calls they were receiving from mining areas.
Effects of Illegal Mining Activities on Water Resources for Irrigation Purposes, Amansie West District, Ghana. 5 Pages. Effects of Illegal Mining Activities on Water Resources for Irrigation Purposes, Amansie West District, Ghana. Authors. I. Ijsrset + 3. International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology ...
The District Chief Executive of Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region Asamoah Boateng has been accused of superintending over illegal mining in the area. Chief Executive Officer of Save Ghana Foundation, Mr. Kofi Agyei, has alleged that despite the ban on illegal mining by the Lands and Natural Resources there are some [.]
May 16, 2019· Fifty suspected illegal miners – 34 Ghanaians, 10 Chinese and six Nigerians, were between Saturday and Monday rounded up from various illegal gold mining sites by the joint security taskforce, Operation Vanguard. The arrests, according to Operation Vanguard, followed several operations it conducted and has since handed over the suspects to various authorized bodies.
Dec 26, 2017· Fourteen illegal miners operating on the Offin River at Manso Keniago in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have been arrested. The galamsey operators who were arrested by a combined team of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), the Amansie West District Assembly's taskforce and the police, have been handed over to the Manso Nkwanta police for .
Nov 09, 2018· The Amansie Central district is home to the activities of some high powered and known galamseyers. The Task Force from the Office of the President, Jubilee House which is working under the InterMinisterial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) was in the Amansie Central District, Gyaman to be precise in which they were alerted by a Good Samaritan on some ongoing galamsey activities in their .
Tubes lead in and out of the water, pumping mud and chemical residue from illegal mining sites. Deep in the forest of Amansie Central, the devastation is huge, despite government's ban on smallscale and illegal mining still in force," he reported.
There are mixed feelings among residents of communities in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region ahead of the arrival of the joint police and military task force on illegal and smallscale mining.
AMANSIE W: DCE decries spate of illegal mining The District Chief Executive for Amansie West, Mr. Alex Kwame Bonsu, has bemoaned the spate of illegal mining, indicating that the former had gained root such that it was difficult for the Assembly to stop the youth from engaging in it.
The study was therefore undertaken to examine the effects of illegal mining on the environment using some selected communities within the Amansie West District of Ashanti Region, as the case study areas.
May 15, 2019· Fifty suspected illegal miners – 34 Ghanaians, 10 Chinese and six Nigerians, were between Saturday and Monday rounded up from various illegal gold mining sites by the joint security taskforce, Operation Vanguard. The arrests, according to Operation Vanguard, followed several operations it conducted and has since handed over the suspects to various authorized bodies.
(3) persons have been killed after an illegal mining pit collapsed on them at Manso Assamang, a farming community at Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased persons were identified as Kwadwo Asiamah 39yearold, native of Manso Assamang, Kwabena popularly known as Papa Kumasi also 25yearold native of ...
"A casual look at the water gives little or no hope of survival for marine life. Tubes lead in and out of the water, pumping mud and chemical residue from illegal mining sites. Deep in the forest of Amansie Central, the devastation is huge, despite government's ban .
regulate or stop illegal smallscale mining activities BY Godfred Kwaku Yormesor If there is any Ghanaian citizen who claims to be oblivious of the menace or potential dangers posed to the national psyche by the escalation of illegal small scale mining activities popularly dubbed " galamsey", he is neither realistic nor fair to himself.
General News of Saturday, 16 February 2013. Source: Daily Graphic Seven Chinese have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining operations on the concessions of some Ghanaian smallscale mining companies at Manso Abodom in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region.