Ghana is expected to replace a draft mining bill before Parliament with a revised version that restores a maximum 20-year mining ​lease term and clarifies provisions that have raised concerns among ...

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Ghana's draft mining bill would allow the mines minister to require ...

Ghana is set to replace its draft mining bill with an amended version that restores a maximum 20-year lease term following ...

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission are the primary regulatory bodies overseeing Ghana’s mining industry. The Ghanian government plans to introduce three key ...

Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining legislation, which would limit mining lease renewals to a maximum of 10 years and reduce the maximum term for new mining leases to 20 years from 30 years, ...

Ghana's Minerals Commission found a more elegant mechanism - mandating that all mining operations be conducted by Ghana-owned contractors, effectively separating the license holder from the physical ...

The Ghanaian government is set to repeal its controversial pro-mining legislation, following weeks of demonstrations against environmentally disastrous mining, including the threat of a nationwide ...

Early in his eight-year tenure, in 2017, then Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo declared a moratorium on all small-scale gold mining. He established an inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining ...

Ghana's Environmental Protection Authority has issued ​a pre-closure notice to Chinese-owned Cardinal Namdini Mining over an alleged unreported accident as it ramps up ‌enforcement across the mining ...

President John Mahama is facing mounting public pressure to revoke Ghana‘s controversial mining law that permits operations in protected forest reserves, which environmentalists warn could devastate ...