The Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), has hinted it will soon embark on massive clamp down on illegal companies operating mainly by foreign nationals in the gold industry, scamming unsuspecting licensed gold dealers in the name of pricing. The move, which is a response to complaints by industry players, is a collaborative effort between the […]Continue Reading
The Minerals Commission has debunked claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini that Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has granted prospecting licences to some companies to prospect for minerals in Forest Reserves, in spite of a ban. The Commission, in a […]Continue Reading
A 57-year-old man, Gideon Tetteh, has been arrested by officers at the Awutu Ofankor District Police Command for allegedly murdering his wife after having sex with her. The unfortunate incident happened at Awutu Mankomeda in the Awutu Senya West District in the Central Region. According to information, the deceased, Sabina Bonney, told her husband to […]Continue Reading
Following reports of illegal mining activities on the Offin River in the Western Region as a result of improved reporting mechanisms, the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mines, Hon. George Mireku Duker on Tuesday, August 16 2022 in the company of Military officers of the Operation Halt II stormed the […]Continue Reading
Officials of global gold mining giant, AngloGold have hinted that the company is committed to invest as much as $1 billion dollars in its operations in Ghana’s extraction sector. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AngloGold, Alberto Calderon, who announced this during a courtesy call together with her team to the Ministry of Lands and […]Continue Reading
A crack team of anti-illegal mining taskforce, Operation Halt, has swooped on some unscrupulous illegal miners, notoriously called ‘galamseyers’ who have invaded the Offin River, busily engaging in the illegal mining activities, in spite of the ban on the menace with all river bodies declared red-zone. The taskforce, designed for such purpose, was swiftly dispatched […]Continue Reading
Some disturbing developments happening in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency, appears the party is not ready to recapture that seat from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) anytime soon. The issues which border on some dubious acts, allegedly perpetrated by certain executives in the Constituency with tacit Continue Reading
Reports reaching The Anchor indicates, General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong has sacked Mr Hopeson Adorye, a member of his team over some misguided comments that threatened the peace and unity of the party. The NPP chief scribe sent a message to Adorye to henceforth distance himself from his office and […]Continue Reading
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah, has received the full backing of his staff to continue the good works of the corporation. The staff, comprising Management as well as the Senior Staff Union (SSU) said they are firmly behind their boss, in order to deliver on his mandate […]Continue Reading
Multimedia’s Joy FM has in a small way confessed on the energy minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, and ended up praising him for his hard work. Evans Mensah, a respected presenter, in an analysis, “Unveiling Our Ministerial Reshuffle: Who is in and Who is out,” aired on the station last week, confessed that they had […]Continue Reading