For goodness seek, lets emphasis reclamation of the land after mining." Available records indicate that there are about 31 licensed gold mining companies prospecting for the mineral in various parts of the Upper West Region. This, the chiefs said will create economic crisis since many farmers could be deprived of their farmlands.
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has picked signals that groups of illegal miners from the southern part of the country have relocated to the Upper West Region following the ...
T rouble is looming in villages and towns where some Australian mining companies exploring and mining for gold in Ghana's Upper West Region.. A Citi News investigation has revealed that questionable land records are at the foundation of a rising tension between the local people and the mining companies.
We, 45 representatives of communities affected by mining, oil, gas and forestry, representatives of National and International Networks, Human Rights and Extractive Industry advocacy NGOs, from Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, The Gambia, and Zambia participating in workshop on .
May 02, 2012· Mine areas often have a monochromatic appearance. Coal mining areas are depressingly black, iron ore town are red, ochre lends a yellow colour and limestone makes everything chalky white. Fine particles of the ore spread as a uniform layer of dust on every available surface in these areas.
Jul 08, 2011· The Upper West Region of Ghana is located in the northwestern corner of Ghana, and is bordered by Upper East region to the east, Northern region to the south, and Burkina Faso to the west and north. The Upper West regional capital and largest settlement is Wa . Upper West is the youngest region to have been created in Ghana by the then former Head of State, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John ...
The West ia Geological and Economic Survey provides an interactive map of underground and surface coal mining activity in West ia. The map shows areas of active and historical coal mining in both underground and surface mines, with separate colors for auger and highwall mining.
Sensitizing the people of Manwe in the Upper West Region of Ghana on the effects of illegal mining 'galamsey' 17. 1. Working effectively to save our environment for the betterment of the current and future generations. 26. Day 2 of the Sensitization Tour. 7. See All. Photos.
Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that assault cases in the Upper West Region increased from 179 cases in 2017 to 196 ...
Upper West Region cries for doctors; over 14,000 patients to one doctor August 2, 2018 Miss Ghana 2017, Margaret Dery has resigned August 1, 2018 Epilepsy on the Rise In Upper West August 1, 2018
Upper West. The Dagaba live in the western part of the region, the Sisaala live in the eastern areas, and the Wala live in Wa and a few of the nearby villages. The Sisaala and Dagaba are mostly Christian and animist, while most Wala are Muslim; Wa is the largest predominantly Islamic city in Ghana.
The Wa Gold Project is located in the Upper West Region in the far northwest of Ghana along the border with Burkina Faso. The Black Volta River marks the western border of the project area and the Burkina Faso border.
Regions. It occupies an area of 9,826 square kilometres or per cent of Ghana's land area, making it the third smallest in area after Greater Accra and Upper East. It shares common boundaries with Western Region on the west, Ashanti and Eastern Regions on the north, and Greater Accra Region on the east.
Azumah Resources was one of those companies given permission to prospect for Gold in the Upper West region. Despite this, Azumah's Wa gold project has been stalled for over a decade by concerted opposition from local communities, the Upper West House of Chiefs and the Upper West Coalition on Mining, Food, Water and Sacred Natural Sites.
Mining Action Group The Mining Action Group is a volunteer, grassroots effort to defend the clean water and wild places of Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the dangers of sulfide mining – previously known as Save the Wild
At least nine persons sustained gunshot wounds in clashes between two illegal mining groups at Wa in the Upper West Region. The clashes, which occurred .
T rouble is looming in villages and towns where some Australian mining companies exploring and mining for gold in Ghana's Upper West Region.. A Citi News investigation has revealed that questionable land records are at the foundation of a rising tension between the local people and the mining companies.
Large scale gold mining may start in the Nadowli District of the Upper West Region in 2012. The project, which would be the first of its kind, would be undertaken by Azumah Resources Limited, an Australian Mining Company that had been prospecting for gold in the region for sometime now.
Madam Paulina Patience Abayege, the Upper East Regional Minister has expressed concern about the lack of ambulances to transport medical cases and casualties within and outside the region. "If ...
The Upper Guinean forest of West Africa, identified over 20 years ago as a "global biodiversity hotspot" due to its exceptional concentrations of endemic species and exceptional loss of habitats, encompasses all of the lowland forests of West Africa (Mittermeier and others, 1999; Myers and others, 2000).
List Of Mining Companies In Western Region Ghana. ... gold miner and explorer focused on the West African region. Perseus Mining (Ghana) ... Kwasi, Environmental Degradation and Desertification in Ghana: a study of the upper west region ...
Jan 03, 2012· A case in point is the Upper West Region where gold deposits are reported to stretch from Wa, in the southern part of the region, right through to Hamile, in the northern most part of the region. What is worrying is that with the potential devastating effects of mining on land, if mining is not properly regulated, it would leave the land ...
Upper West Chiefs against 28 gold mining concessions ... Sep 12, 2014 ... Members of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs are against the granting of ... to large scale companies to mine for gold in the Upper West Region. ... in northern Ghana which includes advancing desertification, annual...
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it has picked signals that groups of illegal miners from the southern part of the country have relocated to the Upper West Region following the ...
