Artisanal Mining of Gold with Mercury in Ghana
The paper examines the environm ental impact of artisanal mining of gold with mercury (Hg) in Ghana. In spite of its positive socio-. economic contributions, it is well known that artisanal mining ...
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The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A
SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies W a, Ghana. Phone: 0249307101. Email: binyarkoh@ubids.edu.gh. ABSTRACT. This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian ...
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Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana's forests
Mining's impact on forests. Mechanized mining is causing severe damage to local ecosystems, says Reginald Guuroh, researcher at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana and specialist in land ...
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Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana
Among the strategies to stem the tide of negative impacts of illegal mining, Ghana banned all forms of ASM in 2017, following intensive public pressure through traditional and social media that compelled the government to act. ... Okoh GA (2014) Grievance and conflict in Ghana's gold mining industry: The case of Obuasi. Futures …
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Mining Laws and Regulations Report 2024 Ghana
Discussions on the programme began in 2020 with gold-producing member companies of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, and it became operational in September 2022. Lithium Mining. Lithium mining in Ghana has recently gained increasing attention because of the country's significant reserves of lithium and other rare earth minerals.
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Arsenic in Gold Mining Wastes: An Environmental and …
In Ghana, gold mining is noted for environmental and social impacts in host communities (Mensah et al. 2015, 2021).These include, among others, the indiscriminate release of As from gold mining sites, which in turn affects accurate performance of ecological functions as reported by Armah et al. ().Tailings dam is one of the waste lands …
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Informal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana
The traditional ASGM literature shows that numerous variables impact the escalation and intensity of unlawful mining operations, thus, this study was concerned with examining the impacts of illegal mining on the environment, the awareness of these impacts by the miners, why they engage in it, and how to mitigate these impacts using …
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND LAND DISPUTE OF ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE GOLD
severe environmental problems faced in small-scale gold mining regions of Ghana (Hilson, 2000). The environmental impacts by illegal gold mining activities in Ghana include. agriculture, water ...
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The Environmental Impact of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana
This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental performance in the industry. Since the enactment of the Small Scale Gold Mining Law in 1989, which effectively legalized small-scale gold mining in the country, industrial …
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(PDF) Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of …
The global rush to grab resources took an unexpected turn in Ghana recently. With the hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards, a large influx of foreign miners, especially from China, entered into the artisanal and …
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The Gold Trade of Ancient & Medieval West Africa
The modern state of Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, gained independence from Britain in 1961 CE, and the introduction of new mining technology meant that it once more played a major role in the international gold markets. For a while, Ghana ranked 5th in the world in terms of annual gold production. Already in the mid …
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Multiple scales of diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana: …
development impact of mining activities in Ghana's largest diamond production town, Akwatia. Indeed, while the environmental impact of diamond mining in Akwatia is not linked to environmental contamination from mercury (as is found in artisanal gold mining), the town provides a unique example of the negative impact of large-scale and artisanal
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Effects of Loss of Agricultural Land Due to Large-Scale …
Overview of the gold mining industry in Ghana Gold is the main mineral commodity in Ghana, contributing over 90% of its total mineral exports24. Two types of gold mines can be found in Ghana ...
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Sustainability assessment of mine-affected communities in Ghana
Natural resource extraction, particularly mining, has often been seen as a catalyst for economic growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNECA 2011, 2013).Many countries such as Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Guinea, and Tanzania have for a long time remained over-reliant on exports from the mining of …
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Ghana's illegal mining continues because the …
The study identified two key related factors that drive illegal mining in Ghana. First, the mines are transient but getting a mining licence is time-consuming. Second, the regulatory framework ...
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Forest Health & Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana
CREDIT: THE LARGE FOOTPRINT OF SMALL-SCALE ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN GHANA, AUGUST 2021. Outputs & Impact. Creation of a web-based land use analysis manuscript for use by the government of Ghana (SDG 15.1.1 & 15.2.1) The team developed and published a method to use satellite earth observation data to estimate the transition …
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(PDF) The Impact of Mining on the Water …
The surge in artisanal gold mining (AGM) activities and the associated environmental impact in Ghana have elicited several stakeholders' attempts to curb the problem. However, due to little ...
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Perception of the environmental, socio-economic and health impacts …
In Ghana, many measures have been put in place based on integrated approaches by involving relevant stakeholders, legalizing artisanal mining through the Small-Scale Gold Mining Law in 1989 (PNDCL 218) and formation of small-scale mining associations to interact with stakeholders on progress and challenges (Hilson, 2001; …
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Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …
1. Introduction. In the heartland of Ghana's cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production, there is a profound and intricate interplay between agriculture, particularly cocoa farming, and Illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).This issue has emerged as a subject of paramount concern. The Amansie West District, nestled within the fertile …
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(PDF) Crawford, G and Botchwey, G (2016) Foreign
PDF | On Jun 1, 2016, Gabriel Botchwey published Crawford, G and Botchwey, G (2016) Foreign involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana and its impact on 'resource fairness' | Find, read ...
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The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining …
Impact of gold mining on soil and some staple foods collected from selected mining communities in and around Tarkwa-Prestea area. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 14(1): 1-12 Hilson, G., Hilson, A., & …
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The Impact of Gold Mining on Local Farming Communities in Ghana
The increase in leases for surface gold mining in Ghana between 1983 and 1998 has had drastic consequences for sustainable land use and management in the country. Most of these leases were for surface mining displacing the original owners from large arable land needed for their livelihoods. This situation makes the local people …
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Assessing the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts …
Gold mining in Ghana has played a central role in the social, economic and political life of the nation for over 2000 years . However, in recent times, a lot of Ghanaians have become aware of the deleterious effects of gold mining while at the same time recognizing it's important role in the national economy [3,4]. Several researchers have ...
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Multiple scales of diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana: …
Impact of mining sector investment in Ghana: A study of the Tarkwa Mining Region. A Draft Report for SAPRI (2001) Google Scholar. Ali and Saleem, 2003. ... Obuasi, a gold mining town that is Ghana's largest and most active mining site, has the fifth highest HIV incidence of sentinel sites in Ghana at 6.0%. Ghana is the second largest …
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Review on Effects of Mining in Ghana: The Case of Obuasi …
ISSN: 2456- 4761. Review on Effects of Mining in Ghana: The Case of. Obuasi Municipality. Emmanuel Kwaning and Evans Atteh b*. a Department of Social Sciences, Friedensau Adventist University ...
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(PDF) Livelihood implications of artisanal gold mining in …
The impact of artisanal mining on livelihoods in developing countries is a contentious issue. As a contribution to this subject, the study assessed the implications of artisanal gold mining ...
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana
The Ghana ASM dialogue project was made possible with the generous support of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation. Funding for background research and publication of this paper was provided by UK aid for the UK government. Published by IIED, August 2016 McQuilken, J and Hilson, G (2016) Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana.
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Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in Western Ghana
Assessment of land cover change due to gold surface mining in Western Ghana showed that surface mining resulted in deforestation, a substantial loss of farmland within mining concessions, and widespread spill-over effects as relocated farmers expand farmland into forests, suggesting that the environmental and social costs of Ghana's …
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Gold mining in Ghana and the UN Sustainable …
Similarly, gold mining companies in Ghana have not been able to wane themselves off the negative distributional impacts of their activities such as water pollution and land degradation (Andrews ...
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Assessing environmental exposure and health impacts of gold mining in Ghana
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.667205 Corpus ID: 97178843; Assessing environmental exposure and health impacts of gold mining in Ghana @article{Armah2012AssessingEE, title={Assessing environmental exposure and health impacts of gold mining in Ghana}, author={Frederick Ato Armah and Isaac N. Luginaah and Obiri}, …
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