AMN contributes towards COVID-19 fight in Ghana
Accra Mining Network (AMN), an association of mining professionals has joined actively in the fight against the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. The network has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) package worth 4,000 Ghana cedis to the Simpa Health center in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. The items consist of one infrared thermometer, 200 surgical masks, four...
Read moreChallenges of the Small-Scale Mining Sector in Ghana Today
Ernest Ansah-Owusu for the Accra Mining Network.
When AMN asked him to comment on the problems that need immediate attention to sanitize and improve the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, TGreater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), Ernest Ansah-Owusu tabulated the following five-point difficulties. Read more
Buying back the future of Africa by investing in the Extractives – Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo
Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo- Accra Mining Network
The President of the Accra Mining Network, Mrs Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo has called on the younger generation of the African continent to buy back their future by investing in the natural resource sectors of their respective communities. Read more
Government urged to strictly enforce local content regulation on extractives
Accra, April 14, GNA – The Government has been urged to strictly enforce the Local Content Regulations governing the extractive industry to ensure that foreign investors give preferential treatment to the indigenes in their operations. Mr Fitsum Weldegiorgis, a Senior Researcher for Shaping Sustainable Markets at the International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom,...
Read moreNetwork trains small scale miners on sustainable mining
Takoradi, May 8, GNA – The Accra Mining Network, an environmental NGO has organised a two-day training in sustainable small scale mining to help in sanitising the sector. The programme, which was organised for 30 participants from the Small Scale Mining Union within Prestea and its environs centred on Innovation, Technology, Environment, Health threats in...
Read moreAccra Mining Network honours Daniel Owiredu
By Jesse Owusu Ampah/Elizabeth Awinbono, GNA Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – The Accra Mining Network (AMN), an association of professional miners in the country, has honoured Mr. Daniel Owiredu, President and Chairman of the Local Board of Directors of Golden Star Resources, for the enormous contribution he has made to the mining sector. He was...
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