General News of Saturday, 15 December 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comImplement new mining policy effectively - Media coalition against galamsey tells govermentKen AshigbeyThe convener of the media coalition against illegal mining popularly called galamsey is appealing to the government to effectively implement the newly crafted policy on small-scale mining. His comments come hours after government announced a selective lifting of the ban on small-scale mining. The ban was imposed early 2017 to save Ghana’s mining environment from total deterioration. On winning power in the 2016 elections, the newly elected president Nana Akufo-Addo declared war against illegal mining popularly referred to as galamsey. After almost two years the government announced the lifting of the ban on small-scale mining effective December 17.

Source: GhanaWeb December 15, 2018 08:37 UTC