{"id":450623,"date":"2017-12-28T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/over-1400-miners-to-be-vetted-as-government-prepares-national-mining-policy\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:46:44","slug":"over-1400-miners-to-be-vetted-as-government-prepares-national-mining-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/over-1400-miners-to-be-vetted-as-government-prepares-national-mining-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,400 miners to be vetted as government prepares national mining policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 28 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11978008.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo EP Church1\" title=\"Akufo Addo EP Church1\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514476004_820_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">At least over 1,400 registered small-scale miners are expected to undergo a \u201cstrict vetting\u201d process to assess their preparedness to abide by the mining laws of the country.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained the exercise will take into account the areas of operation of the miners to ensure that they do not deviate from their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are entering a new era in our efforts to formalize small-scale mining to achieve sustainable mining in a sound environment,\u201d he said during the commissioning of an office complex for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a ban on small-scale mining since February in an attempt to crackdown on illegal mining localised as galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>The president has repeatedly said his government will not tolerate the destruction of water bodies and forest reserves by activities of the illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>There was first a six-month ban on the trade, which elapsed in October, but it was extended by three months after a contingent of military and police personnel were dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul told Araba Koomson on Joy FM&#8217;s Midday News, the government has been impressed with the work done by the Operation Vanguard team.<\/p>\n<p>Although more than GHC20 million has been spent on the team, the Minister said the government is going to commit more resources considering the nature of work given them.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the contributions of small-scale mining to the country&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product has reduced. In 2015, small-scale mining contributed about 34 percent of the revenue output from gold, but this has reduced since the start of the campaign against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>But satisfied with the success of the anti-galamsey efforts, president Akufo-Addo said his government will fashion out a \u201cnational action plan\u201d to sustain the gains.<\/p>\n<p>He noted the plan will have features similar to the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury adopted in August this year.<\/p>\n<p><b>They will include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(a)Actions to eliminate worst practices of mercury exposure<\/p>\n<p>(b)Formalisation of the artisanal mining sector<\/p>\n<p>(c)Reduction of emission in releases of mercury<\/p>\n<p>(d)Strategies for providing information<\/p>\n<p>(e)Public Health Strategy<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96566925.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news, go to <b>myjoyonline.com<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 28 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-28 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo At least over 1,400 registered small-scale miners are expected to undergo a \u201cstrict vetting\u201d process to assess their preparedness to abide by the mining laws of the country. 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