Information reaching www.thebftonline.com indicates that, tension is brewing at Goldfields Ghana Limited (Tarkwa Mine) over the company’s attempts to serve termination letters to over 2000 permanent employees to be laid off as part of its proposed retrenchment.
This comes after the management of the mining giant, brought in uniformed armed...
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...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission and other stakeholders, has celebrated the International Day of Forests on March 21.
It is a day set aside by the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests and trees...
Mining giant Golden Star on February 1, 2018 reached an important milestone, as its Prestea Underground Mine in the Western Region achieved commercial production.
The project construction of the Prestea Underground mine, including the installation of all ancillary infrastructure has been completed.
Operational and gold production is expected to continue to...
Curbing a very frustrating illegal mining (Galamsey) battle against Chinese nationals has been inextricably linked to secret recordings by one powerful Chinese woman. She is said to hold video recording of sexual escapades of some politicians with threats of blackmailing. Abdul Malik Kwaku Baaku made the startling revelation on...
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 has estimated US$400million as the amount needed to dredge and clean the heavy mercury content from the Ankobra River in the Western Region, due to the activities of illegal small-scale mining.
This followed an assessment of the river’s turbidity level by a private research firm, which was commissioned by...
The Board Chairman of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Samson Boafo, has said the Commission will in the coming months explore avenues to seek funding for investment in geological investigations and generate detailed information in designated areas for demarcation to small-scale miners.
“We will in the coming months explore avenues to...
Golden Star Resources has been awarded the 2018 Environmental and Social Responsibility Award by the Prospectors and Developments Association of Canada (PDAC).
Selected by PDAC's Board of Directors, this award recognizes an organization that demonstrates outstanding initiative, leadership, and accomplishment in establishing and maintaining good relations with local communities and...
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...