Two young men have met their untimely demise at Sefwi Besibema in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region after excavator fell on them. The horrific accident occured on Monday, September 12, 2022. According to the information available, the accident involved a Long Trailer with registration number GE …
Read More »22 year old female excavator operator dies as the machine drown into a mining pit
An excavator operator has lost her life after the machine she was operating allegedly slipped into a pit at a mining site at Mpatuam in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti drowning her in the process. Maame Duffie, 22, according eye witness went missing with the excavator she was operating …
Read More »Sanitation Minister seizes keys to excavator used for illegal sand winning on her tour
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources; MSWR, Cecilia Abena Dapaah on Tuesday, February 21, 2022, visited the Nsawam Water Treatment Plant in the Eastern Region. The purpose of her visit was to inspect the Densu River which serves as the raw water source for the Nsawam Water Treatment Plant …
Read More »Massive Reactions as Creative Kid Operates Manual Excavator, Packs Dirt From Gutter
A little kid has got people talking on social media after operating a locally made excavator in an adorable video The cute video was shared on LinkedIn by Talal Al Murad who described the boy’s creativity as life skills Social media users hailed the boy for his creativity as some …
Read More »Govt slapped with $15 million judgment debt over unlawful seizure of excavators
A Kumasi High Court has slapped government with a $15.3 million judgment debt for the unlawful seizure of excavators. It has also ordered that government pays the mining company, Heritage Imperial Limited an amount of ¢600,000. This amount was awarded to the mining firm prospecting for gold in the Apamprama …
Read More »It’s nonsense to burn excavators – Tsatsu Tsikata
• Tsatsu Tsikata cannot comprehend why govt is burning excavators • He described it as nonsense • He said, we cannot use illegality to fight illegality Tsatsu Tsikata says it is unlawful for the government, as measures put in place to fight against galamsey, to be burning mining excavators and other mining …
Read More »Excavator operator killed in gun attack at mining site
One person was killed when two unidentified men raided a mining site at Attabrakoso, a community near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region. 30-year-old Richard Arthur, an excavator operator with Tolla Mining Company died when he sustained multiple gunshot wounds during the Tuesday dawn attack. The robbers also shot a …
Read More »Ghana should ban excavators to fight galamsey – Environment Minister-designate
The Minister-designate for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has suggested that Ghana must “severely” regulate excavators to address the problem of illegal mining in the country. According to him, excavators should be accounted for and banned as a measure to tackle illegal mining. “We should have a census …
Read More »Forestry Commission Officials Burn Excavators
Although Professor Frimpong Boateng is no more in office as Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, a video has emerged with a young man making unfounded allegations against him. The man popularly known as Ramzy is a known Lord Commey errand boy is stating emphatically that the former minister …
Read More »214 seized excavators cannot be accounted for by Lands Ministry
Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has said that the Ministry has currently 157 seized excavators in its possession. According to him, following a Cabinet decision in March 2020, his Ministry took direct responsibility to streamline and manage small-scale mining activities by taking an inventory of …
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