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comtemporary issues on gold mining in ghana
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Occupational Respiratory Diseases of Miners from Two Gold Mines in Ghana
Objective: This study investigated respiratory disorders among gold miners in Ghana, a sub-Saharan African country.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional exploratory design that employed quantitative methods was conducted among 1001 male workers from the Obuasi and Tarkwa mines from December 2015 to April 2016.A total of …
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Small Scale Gold Mining and Environmental Degradation, in Ghana: Issues
Small scale gold mining in Ghana has a long history. It has existed as far back as the eighth century as a economic activity. It was legalised recently when the Small Scale Mining L aw (PNDCL 218) 1989 was passed and public policies were formulated to support the implementation of the law.
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mining in Ghana: identifying problems and possible …
An overview of small-scale gold mining Before proceeding with the case study, it is import-ant to clarify that small-scale gold-mining activities are not unique to Ghana, and are, in fact, wide-spread throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia (see Figure 1 for an overview of the locations of important small-scale gold-mining regions around the ...
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small …
Volume 12. Issue 7. 10.3390/ijerph120708133. settings. Order Article Reprints. Open Access Review. Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana — Part 3: Social Sciences and …
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ILLEGAL MINING AS THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA…
Within the past few decades, Ghana's mining sector specifically the small scale mining subsector has been marred by controversies mainly due to its threat to sustainable development. This paper ...
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Injuries among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Ghana
The small-scale gold mining sector provides employment for a large proportion of otherwise unemployed individuals in Ghana. Thus, small-scale gold mining is of tremendous economic importance in Ghana, and many other developing countries, especially in places where alternative livelihoods are limited, though a number of public …
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(PDF) Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being 'reserved for Ghanaian ...
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is growing in many regions of the world including Ghana. The problems in these communities are complex and multi-faceted. To help increase understanding of such problems, and to enable consensus-building and effective translation of scientific findings to stakeholders, help inform …
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The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining
The main contribution of this paper is to shed light on the welfare effects of gold mining in a detailed, in-depth country study of Ghana, a country with a long tradition of gold mining …
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The environmental impact of small-scale gold mining in Ghana
These studies include the socioeconomic impacts of ASM in developing countries and strategies focused on the sector's sustainability [9], environmental problems of smallscale gold mining [42 ...
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Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal …
In some mining sites in the PBMA, women were barred from working there mainly due to the perceived notions of 'uncleanliness' during their menstrual period. A similar study by Ofosu-Mensah also found that women were prohibited from visiting some mining sites in Adanse in Ghana to engage in gold mining when undergoing their …
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A Chinese national has been jailed in a Ghanian court
A Ghanaian court has ended a case that began in 2017 which exposed the involvement of a Chinese woman, Aisha Huang in the illegal gold mining endemic on the Gold Coast. The court ruled that the Chinese national was guilty, effectively sending her to jail. Chinese national Aisha Huang was sentenced to four years in jail for illegal gold …
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The Impact of Gold Mining on Poor People in Obuasi in Ghana …
the company to do it and occasionally we go in and Asked about the effect of gold mining on local water we take samples from agreed points each month," sources in the area, 93% of respondents in a survey Mr Andoh said. by TWN Africa expressed the view that mining had fighting poverty together 10 Gold rush The impact of gold mining on poor ...
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3 Things You Should Know About Gold Mining in Ghana
1. Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer. 2. Mining and gold are essential to Ghana's economy and tax base. 3. 7.2 billion U.S. dollars was generated from gold in Ghana. Ghana is the only African country to have appeared on the list of the top 10 leading gold producers in the world, occupying the 6th position with 5 million ounces of gold ...
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Ghana's economic crisis: expert insights into how things got …
By the time the initiative ended in 2006, Ghana's total public debt stock was US$780 million (25% of GDP). However, the debt stock has since risen by 7000% to US$54 billion, which is 78% of GDP ...
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Rethinking small-scale gold mining in Ghana: A holy grail for
The study's findings reveal a hierarchical arrangement of the main barriers to IGM eradication, with the following order: socioeconomic barriers (44%), governance …
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(PDF) Corporate social responsibility in the large scale gold mining …
The state of corporate social responsibility research in Ghana: A synthesis of literature. There has been large scale gold mining in Ghana for at least the last one hundred years. The mining ...
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GOLD REFINING IN GHANA
gold miners. The negative of the use of mercury in the gold refining process is also an issue. On the other hand, Ghana's inflation rate decreased by 0.58% and its GDP growth is estimated at 6.7%. The plethora of technological and social external factors affecting Ghana's gold mining
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana
This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an IA framework was utilized to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data, and co-develop …
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10 IMPORTANCE OF GOLD MINING IN GHANA
The gold mining industry is a major contributor to the Ghanaian economy. In 2021, the gold mining industry contributed an estimated $10 billion to the Ghanaian economy. The gold mining industry also provides employment for over 300,000 people in …
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An Integrated Approach to Assess the Environmental …
Overview of Gold Mining Activities in Ghana. Ghana's rich gold mines and other mineral fields have attracted some leading mining companies in the world into the country, which has resulted in tremendous growth in the country's mining sector for the past few years [].In Ghana, gold mining activities are in two main forms, which are small …
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Illegal mining in Ghana: The devastating destruction for gold
Ghana, known as the "Gold Coast," has a long history of gold mining. However, the lure of quick profits has led to a surge in illegal mining activities, wreaking havoc on the environment ...
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An analysis of the foremost issues with artisanal and small-scale gold
Ghana has abundant mineral reserves in many of its regions, and gold mining remains one of the country's main sources of revenue. Given Ghana's current position in the global gold market, this review provides insight into the ASGM sector to give an understanding of the pertinent issues in the sector and its role in the socio-economic …
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Frontiers | "Illegal" Gold Mining Operations in Ghana: …
Introduction. Mineral resources have become fundamental for economic development throughout the world. In several low- and middle-income countries that are rich in non-fuel mineral resources, mining contributes to national economic development (Addison and Roe, 2018; Ericsson and Löf, 2019).Studies have reported that 10 of the 20 …
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comtemporary issues on gold mining in ghana
the Ahafo Mine produced 566 2015 0183 32 Newmont Ghana Gold Limited NGGL started mining operations at its Ahafo Mine in 2006 In 2011 contributing significantly to revenue generated ...2021415· Artisanal and small-scale mining is estimated to support the livelihoods of some 4.5 million Ghanaians over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal …
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Confronting gold mining challenges in Ghana
Although Ghana has managed to avoid a significant decline in activity, the challenging conditions have prompted some mining companies to trim their …
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(PDF) Historical overview of traditional and …
This article compares and contrasts the pre-colonial methods of mining with modern artisanal or small-scale mining popularly known in Ghana as galamsey and also provide reasons to explain why...
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Socio-ecological Analysis of Artisanal Gold Mining in …
However, due to little understanding of the underlying issues, these efforts have been ineffective. This study aims to use a socio-ecological framework to analyze drivers of AGM activities, the ... mining',and'regulations for artisanal gold mining in Ghana' were used, as guidelines. Based on the keywords and search phrases, 92 ...
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Mining industry in Ghana
Ghana was the sixth-largest producer of manganese in the world as of 2021. The production volume of the metal reached 3.3 million metric tons that year. The country is also a leading mineral ...
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The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining: …
Ghana is experiencing its third gold rush, and this paper sheds light on the socioeconomic impacts of this rapid expansion in industrial production. The paper uses a rich data set consisting of geocoded data …
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analysis of regulatory and institutional challenges in the gold mining
For the past three decades, gold mining has contributed significantly to Ghana's socio-economic development through revenue generation, employment creation, and an increase in foreign direct investment.2 Gold production increased from 59 per cent in 2018 to 65 per cent in 2019.3 Mining contributions to government revenue increased from 4.9 ...