Ghana has initiated its most extensive mining sector audit in ten years, focusing on major gold producers as part of efforts ...

By Emmanuel Bruce ACCRA (Reuters) -Fiscal stability and fair tax and royalty systems are vital if countries want to attract ...

Departing Perseus boss Jeff Quartermaine grew the value of the miner 69-fold during his 12-year stint. But two other trends ...

Ghana, Africa’s top gold producer, has launched its most aggressive mining audit in a decade, targeting top miners to recover lost revenue and tighten oversight, a government letter seen by Reuters ...

According to the Mining.com website, Ghana, Africa's largest gold producer, has launched its strictest audit in a decade, targeting the largest miners with the aim of recovering losses and ...

THE Acting Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has laid before Parliament a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.), the Environmental Protection ...

ACCRA, Ghana — A surge in illegal mining that has reduced Ghana’s cocoa production, contaminated water supplies, and stoked food inflation looks set to be among the biggest challenges awaiting the ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a sweeping directive prohibiting the fabrication, importation, sale, ...

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and responsible disclosure, revealing that Ghana’s mining sector generated over US$40 billion in mineral revenue between 2014 ...

As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. An unhappy prospect: A group of men engaged in illegal gold mining ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Ghana have again raised alarm over the scale of illegal mining in the country, saying that what should have been a national blessing has turned out to be a ...

The audit will cover major gold miners including top producer Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Perseus, Asante ...