Top 10 largest gold mining companies in 2022 ranked by reserves
5 of the Top 10 largest mining companies saw a positive percenatge growth from 2021 to 2022. Gold Fields and Barrick registered 9% growth each from a difference...
DIRECT-HIRE VS. CONTRACT LABOUR IN MINING AND IN GEOLOGY: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?
Contract mining appears to be an emerging model in the industry. When companies need help with recruitment services, one of the first things the recruiting agencies ask is...
Are women leaving the mining industry? – a McKinsey findings.
Women are underrepresented at all levels within mining companies. Yet opportunities remain for the industry to boost female recruitment, retention, and advancement. A research findings by McKinsey show...
Ghana Government says, Gold Fields, Kosmos, Tullow and MTN, owe back taxes
Perhaps, it is a strategy, but the Government of Ghana appears to be very desperate. She needs short to medium term solutions in bringing back the economy to...
The Galamsey Fight – No Solution In Sight, unless we Unite
Where Does the Best Come From? The best comes from the west, they say. And this is a truism for most Ghanaians. Indeed, to the psychic of the...
Ashia Huang still doing Galamsey in Ghana, and arrested again.
Popular Chinese woman reported to be a kingpin in the galamsey business, Huang Ruixia alias Aisha Huang has been arrested again and arraigned for fresh charges. Aisha Huang,...
Indonesia revokes thousands of mining permits covering over 3 million hectares that will be redistributed
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s investment minister said more than 2,000 mining permits for various minerals have been revoked amid efforts to tighten the sector’s governance and plan for land...
Is Geoscience Dieing? The Challenge of recruiting passionate Gen Zs
Generation Z, also known as GenZ or Zoomers, are known to be technologically adept, diverse, trendy, pragmatic and financially minded. They have a wide variety of interests. Geoscience...
Two communities resettled in Ghana for large scale mining to progress
Two new modernised communities have been commissioned in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region as part of resettlement package to pave way for large scale gold...
Galamsey, or Illegal Mining to Deplete Ghana’s Cocoa Harvest this Year
Severe drought and illegal mining in Ghana are expected to drastically reduce the country’s cocoa when harvesting begins in September. According to Bloomberg, Ghana’s cocoa regulator had originally...
Small-scale miners in Ghana to post reclamation bonds in September
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has served notice that beginning September this year, it will enforce the law that requires small-scale mining companies operating in the country to...