Minerals Commission stops Maxam Ghana Limited from operating

Minerals Commission has ordered Maxam Ghana Limited, a mines support service company in Tarkwa to cease operations following the explosion at Appiatse in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.

Mr Isaac Mwinbelle, the Western Regional Manager of Minerals Commission, who issued a
prohibition notice to the company through the manager of the site, added that “you are not to
carry out any other operations till further notice”
He pointed out that “even though the accident did not happen at Maxam Ghana Limited site it
was from here that the materials were transported before the accident occurred. So we think
that it is better to stop the source so that once we put everything in place, then operations will
commence”.
The Regional Manager hinted that “The Legislative Instrument (L.I 2177) which is the
explosion regulation, indicates that if an inspector has any reason to suspect that some kind of
harm or accident can occur from operating any site, we have the mandate to ask them to halt
its activities, while we carry out further investigations”.