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ACCRA — Ghana’s state-backed artisanal gold marketing agency is facing severe liquidity constraints, leaving licensed buyers unpaid for up to three weeks and threatening supply chain disruptions across Africa’s largest gold-producing nation. Licensed buyers operating under GoldBod, established in 2025 to centralize artisanal gold purchases and curb illicit smuggling, have …

Ghana has been through difficult years. Economic hardship, unemployment, rising living costs, public debt, concerns about accountability and declining confidence in public institutions have placed enormous pressure on ordinary citizens. Today, however, there is a renewed sense of hope. Under President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana is showing encouraging signs of …

The government is set to limit mining lease renewal to a maximum of ten years, according to the new cabinet approved law expected to be gazetted soon. The development revokes the old mining legislation which allowed for a 30-year extension, slashing the length of time companies can operate mines in …

Zimbabwe can secure its place among Africa’s premier mining destinations if it maintains a predictable regulatory environment and resists the temptation of short-term tax grabs, according to a regional industry leader. Abundant geological reserves are no longer enough to guarantee economic success in an increasingly competitive global market, Kenneth Ashigbey, …

The numbers are stark, artisanal and small-scale mining accounted for approximately 52% of Ghana’s gold output in 2025 yet the sector contributed less than 2% of the mining industry’s total tax revenue to the state. Ghana’s Chamber of Mines has put those figures on the table at the 2026 West …

Ghana’s government has officially repealed a controversial law that allowed the presidency to authorize mining in the nation’s protected forest reserves. Environmental groups and labour unions have hailed the decision as a major victory, signalling a decisive shift in the country’s approach to resource management under the newly inaugurated President …

A surge in artisanal gold mining fueled by booming bullion prices is driving dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic contamination in Ghanaian communities, according to a stark new government-backed study. The joint report by the New York-based environmental group Pure Earth and the Ghana Environmental Protection Authority found soil readings …