Minning

Update: 48 Illegal Miners Arrested After Exiting AngloGold Obuasi Mine Shaft
31 May

Update: 48 Illegal Miners Arrested After Exiting AngloGold Obuasi Mine Shaft

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The number of illegal miners who were among the several others trapped in the AngloGold Ashanti Ghana’s Obuasi Mine shaft but have been arrested after exiting has moved from seven to forty-eight. Earlier the mining company announced in a statement that seven were in the custody of the Ghana Police Service. The company explained that unauthorized persons underground are able to exit on foot, via the existing ramp, through the main access of this mining area. No person underground has been confined in any way and the main exit ramp from the mine remains open. Obuasi Gold Mine’s management team has…
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Mining Blame Games Can Be Resolved If The Mining Law Is Revised- Paul Amanning
25 Apr

Mining Blame Games Can Be Resolved If The Mining Law Is Revised- Paul Amanning

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Communication member for the New Patriotic Party, Paul Amaning, has stated that revision of the mining law can bring mining blame games to a halt. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Paul Amaning advised the Government to have a relook at the mining law, in order to curb galamsey and mining blame games. Again, he suggested that mining issues can be easily resolved if Government engages in buying of gold from legal mining companies, compelling illegal small scale miners best known as Galamsey to go through the right registration process…
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