{"id":461111,"date":"2018-02-03T13:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/government-in-talks-with-stakeholders-over-mining-ban-amewu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T13:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T13:40:57","slug":"government-in-talks-with-stakeholders-over-mining-ban-amewu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/03\/government-in-talks-with-stakeholders-over-mining-ban-amewu\/","title":{"rendered":"Government in talks with stakeholders over mining ban \u2013 Amewu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  3 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/87833281.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amewu Foto\" title=\"Amewu Foto\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Peter John Amewu<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517665257_806_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has said a lot more needs to be done before the ban on all forms of small-scale mining can be lifted.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that though government has rolled out measures to clamp down on activities of illegal miners, results yielded so far in the crusade are still unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently a ban on small-scale mining in the country following the widespread devastation of the water resources and forest reserves due to the activities of illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>A six-month ban, which was imposed by the Ministry earlier in 2017, elapsed in October 2017, but was extended to January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>John Peter Amewu indicated that his Ministry will continue to dialogue with the association on the possibility of lifting the ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a meeting last week with the small-scale association so we are in close contact and something good will definitely come up\u2026 We want to finalize everything and then we can make a pronouncement. There is also a ministerial committee that is working alongside my Ministry to see how we can address this\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale miners, whose members have been largely affected, has warned of dire consequences should the ban be extended again.<\/p>\n<p>The Association urged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to lift the ban on small-scale mining and rather ensure strict enforcement of the country\u2019s mining laws.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>We\u2019re targetted in galamsey fight\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the small-scale miners have held the view that the government\u2019s anti-galamsey fight is targetted at them, although large-scale miners are expected to be subjected to strict government supervision as well.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>\u2018Small-scale miners stage protest\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017, some small-scale miners in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, staged a demonstration over the government\u2019s decision to extend the mining ban.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some police arrests and firing of tear gas at the protesters, the organizers described the demonstration as successful.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/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>General News of Saturday, 3 February 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-02-03 Peter John Amewu The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has said a lot more needs to be done before the ban on all forms of small-scale mining can be lifted. 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