Three galamsey operators in Obuasi-Anwiam in the Ashanti Region have died in one of the pits in the area. The three who are all males, together with twenty eight others, fell into the pit while ...

The Chief of Kwapia, Nana Kwabena Oyiakwan II, has sounded the alarm over the escalating threat posed by illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey in the Obuasi area. He warned that ...

“Anglo Gold has caused major destruction in Obuasi than over one hundred galamsey operators could cause this country and this is a multi national company,” he said. “It’s better to have ...

About 30 people, believed to be illegal miners or ‘galamseyers’ have been trapped in a pit belonging to the AngloGold Ashanti Company in Obuasi. The incident, according to the Ghanaian Times ...

To many in the country, the term galamsey has thus now become synonymous with criminality. The single-lane highway from Obuasi to Dunkwa is lined on both sides with a string of excavating machines ...

Workers in the Anglo Ashanti gold mine at a depth of about 330m in Obuasi, Ghana ... Years ago, illegal or artisanal mining, known as “galamsey”—gathering the alluvial deposits dispersed ...

In early 2013, the spread of illegal mining prompted the Ghanaian government to implement a programme to remove the so-called galamsey tenements across the country, including at Obuasi.

In Obuasi, almost all the illegal miners have ... and intimated that "anybody who is able to do 'galamsey' can equally be an armed robber." The structure of an illegal mining group has the ...

Mr. Owusu died on February 6, this year, when the vehicle on which some officials of the international gold conglomerate were monitoring galamsey activities on the company's concessions at Obuasi ...

The miners, popularly referred to as galamsey, have taken over long stretch ... is driving away the illegal miners especially on the Obuasi-Dunkwa stretch of the rail lines linked to the Takoradi ...

Galamsey – or small-scale miners – have become an easy ... Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta says resolving the impasse with AngloGold over Obuasi is a top priority. Many say the arbitration case could ...