Fourteen additional Chinese-owned warehouses have been shut down by officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Anwia Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region for stocking and fabricating changfan machines and other equipment used in illegal mining.
This brings the total number of warehouses shut down on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, to 19, following the earlier closure of five similar facilities in the area as part of the EPA’s ongoing clampdown on the production and distribution of banned mining machinery.
The operation, led by the EPA Chief Executive Officer, Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, forms part of the agency’s intensified efforts to enforce the nationwide ban on changfan machines and other environmentally destructive mining equipment.
EPA officials took samples from each of the warehouses before sealing them to support further investigations. The affected facilities were reportedly serving as hubs for the storage and assembly of components linked to illegal mining operations.
Additionally, several metal workshops found to be fabricating washing machines for small-scale miners have been ordered to cease operations immediately.
