Small-Scale Miners’ Huge Boost to Foreign Earnings in Ethiopia
Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry said that artisan miners are exporting larger proportion of minerals than industrial mining thereby securing foreign currency for the nation. Ministry Mineral Marketing and Value Chain Director Tewoldeberhan Abay told The Ethiopian Herald that the artisan miners generated 70 million USD while the industrial ones secured 62 million USD […]
Nigerian Ministers Admit to N23 Billion Election Bribery Scandal
A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Musa Sada, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of his involvement in the alleged N23.29 billion election bribery scandal. Mr. Sada is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency. During investigation, […]
Ghana using child labour in mines
Ghana’s mining industry has been benefiting from child labour in unlicensed mines, Human Rights Watch has said, after conducting field observations in the in the Western, Central and Ashanti Regions. It is estimated that thousands of children, mostly between the ages of 15 and 17, have been working in perilous conditions pulling ore out of […]