Ghana's Minerals Commission Builds Anti-Galamsey Systems to Last

Reining In Illegal Mining Through Govt Intervention

Emmanuel Anyimah, Deputy CEO, Minerals Commission   Gold’s surge on global markets is reshaping Ghana’s economy at a critical moment. Higher prices have boosted export receipts and government revenues, reinforcing the metal’s central role in the country’s external earnings. Yet, the boom has also heightened pressure on regulators to contain illegal mining — the environmental and fiscal leak that has long undermined the sector. For years, success…

Ghana's Minerals Commission Builds Anti-Galamsey Systems to Last

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-minerals-commission-builds-anti-galamsey-systems-to-last/Ghana’s long war against illegal mining has often been defined by dramatic raids, presidential declarations and task forces that come and go. The man quietly building the machinery to make enforcement permanent has a different philosophy: less spectacle, more systems. Emmanuel Kwamena Anyi…

Without government interventions, illegal mining will fester: Inside Ghana’s anti-galamsey drive: How the Minerals Commission is turning manpower into enforcement muscle

At its core, the campaign carries a deeper message about stewardship. Beyond enforcement and regulation, officials say the task is fundamentally about responsibility — caring for the land rather than exhausting it. The principle echoes an old biblical injunction in Genesis that humanity was placed on the earth “to work it and keep it,” while Psalm 24 reminds that “the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” For policymakers, the meaning i…