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The high incidence of 'galamsey' or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some time now and has perplexed the minds of the general public in Ghana ...
Also, there is a plethora of literature on ASM in Ghana and other parts of the world. Notable among them are those who looked at impacts of ASM on environment (Macdonald, 2016;Kessey and Arko ...
The article demonstrates that concerns over the harmful impacts of mining on the ecology of Ghana are neither class-neutral nor free of politics. They are rather highly imbricated in power ...
A study published in the Journal of Health and Pollution reported that the prevalence of congenital anomalies in mining areas is significantly higher compared to non-mining regions in Ghana. The study found that communities …
Mining has long been a vital sector in the Ghanaian economy, making substantial contributions to employment, government revenue, and export earnings. Understanding the multifaceted …
This paper provides an exposition on the environmental impacts of mining activities in Ghana. The paper mainly focused on the mining activities in Prestea in the western region of the country. The data collection involved both primary and secondary sources. These included research tools such as review of relevant
conflict between mining communities and their chiefs on one hand and mining companies on the other hand echoes the growing disquiet about the effects of the mining sector-led structural adjustment programme on the population. 3 GEORGE J. COAKLEY, 1999, The minerals industry of Ghana, in the US Department of the Interior, US
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.
The mining industry has been crucial to the development of Ghana. As with all industries, mining has both advantages and disadvantages for the inhabitants of mineral-rich communities.
This research study examines the significant negative effects that gold mining operations have on the environment and the community in Ghana's Asutifi North District over the period of ten years ...
1.2 Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining Various forms of gold mining currently exist. Large-scale gold mining is done by large multinational mining companies which are responsible for producing approximately 80% of the world's gold (World Bank, 2013), the majority of the remaining 20% is produced via Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM).
PERFORMANCE OF THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 2023 ... were largely on account of the trailing effects of the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, ... In nominal terms (constant 2013 prices), Ghana's GDP rose from GH₵181.257 billion in 2022 to GH₵186.595 billion in 20239. The decline in the momentum of economic activities was primarily due to ...
Managing the impacts of mining on Ghana's water resources from a legal perspective February 2018 Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management 1(3):156-165
Citation: Kwadwo Addo Tuffuor., et al. "Effects of Illegal Mining on Human Security in Ghana". Medicon Engineering Themes 6.2 (2024): 15-36. Effects of Illegal Mining on Human Security in Ghana 16 In the view of Alkire and Foster (2011) mining also has impact on the livelihood of poor people, while Gamu et al. (2015) have in-
The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental impacts of mining activities in Ghana.
The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, status ...
The government of Ghana responding to public outcry against the negative effects of "galamsey", placed a ban on illegal small-scale mining activities in March 2017.
The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, …
Overall, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had diverse effects on mining in Ghana. Transactions made with other countries of the world have achieved lower values since the onset of the outbreak.
Mostly, mining activities impacts negatively on the natural, social and cultural environments. This has remained a challenge to most communities in Ghana. In a study on Auditing Mining, …
Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the ...
The proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, coupled with its environmental impacts, especially on water bodies has compelled the government to ban all artisanal small-scale mining (ASM ...
1.3. Environmental Activities in Ghana Impacts of Mining Despite all these policies and institutions, environmental degradation in most of mining communities in Ghana is still of a major threat and concern. The extent of environmental devastation caused by mineral mining in Ghana is well documented [7,8,9,11,25,26,31,32].
The Effects of Illegal Gold Mining on the Education of Children: A Case Study of Aniamoah Community in the Atwima Mponua District, Ashanti Region-Ghana
Published by the Ghana Chamber of Mines Ghana Chamber of Mines | #18 Gulf Street, South Legon | P.O. Box 991, Accra, Ghana communications@ghanachamberofmines In the Euro Area, a string of positive economic growth outturns accelerated the Area's recovery from its worst recession in nearly two decades.
This paper looks at the effects of mining in Ghana, especially in the Obuasi Municipality. It does this by looking at the history of mining in Ghana (Obuasi), the regulatory actors along the …
Galamsey, a popular name for small-scale mining in Ghana, is an important livelihood for many rural Ghanaians. Although concerns have been raised in the popular media about the adverse effects of ...
The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on economic growth, employment, government revenue, environmental sustainability, and social …
Introduction: Gold mining is crucial to economic growth and development in several countries including Ghana. It accounts for 40% of Ghana's export earnings and 5.7% of Ghana's GDP.
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However, others believe that the negative effects of mining, especially the loss of fertile agricultural lands, leave the people of mining communities much poorer in relative terms than they were ...
The findings from the study showed that mining activities, especially that resulting from illegal small-scale mining (popularly known as 'galamsey') deplete environmental resources such as water,...
2.2 Regulatory bodies of mineral mining in Ghana and their roles. 4 2.3 Small scale mining and illegal gold mining in Ghana 5 2.3.1 Contributory factors of illegal mining in Ghana 7 2.4 Water in mining operation 8 2.4.1 Sources of water pollution at mining sites 9 3 Effects of small scale mining on the environment 10
Description of the study area. Kenyasi, the capital of Asutifi District, is located in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. About 8% of Newmont's worldwide equity gold sales come from the Ahafo Mine (Fig. 1), which is situated in Kenyasi in the tropical, cocoa-growing area of western Ghana (Nasirudeen et al. 2021).The mines produced 446,000 equity ounces of gold, which is …