Ghana seeks mining that benefits communities
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, wants mining to benefit communities without degrading their land or waterways. The government has withdrawn permission to mine in forest reserves and is focusing on land restoration and regulating small-scale miners, according to his remarks at the Mining in Motion 2026 conference.
Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called for mining to benefit local communities while protecting their land and water resources. He was speaking on Monday 19 October at the Mining in Motion 2026 conference, according to Ghanaian media outlet MyJoyOnline.
The minister described responsible mining as a measure of Ghana’s progress and argued that people living near mineral deposits should not bear the social and environmental costs of extraction alone.
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