Lifting the lid on Ghana's illegal small-scale …
Ghana's media also continues to report recurring arrests of illegal miners, both foreign and locals. In our view, small-scale mining with foreign involvement is unlikely to stop. The state would ...
THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES
mining is also popular in the small-scale gold sub-sector. Following a period of general economic decline in the 1970s to mid-1980s, Ghana's mining industry recovered on the back of market-based adjustment policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Amongst others, the Structural Adjustment Programme
Geospatial characterisation and distribution of Illegal gold mining …
Recent interest by governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations in monitoring, tracing, tracking and flushing out illegal mining activities in Ghana has intensified due to the fact that large tracts of arable lands, forests and water resources are destroyed by this group of illegal miners. Yet, the scale of operation, …
Challenges with Eradicating Illegal Mining in Ghana: A
Illegal mining in Ghana has become a significant challenge, giving rise to various social conflicts and acts of violence within affected communities. This systematic review aims to shed light on ...
Galamsey: Fourteen (14) Regions Devastated by Illegal Mining …
Ghana is dominated by two main mining sectors, including the Large-Scale Mining (LSM) and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM). The operations involved in the ASM sector include (i) Legal or Licensed Small-Scale Mining (ii) Illegal or Unregulated Mining, popularly known in the local parlance as "Galamsey" and (iii) Newly Established ...
MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA
Gold is the predominant mineral produced in the country accounting for over 90% of all mineral revenues annually over the past two decades. Ghana is endowed with immense economic mineral resources such as gold, diamonds, manganese, bauxite, clays, kaolin, mica, columbite-tantalite, feldspar, chrome, silica sand, quartz, salt etc.
Challenges with eradicating illegal mining in Ghana: A …
The embryonic nature of the mineral title transfer facility in Ghana has complicated matters further. 5 Nearly 15 years ago, Davidson (1993, p. 317) called for the 'transferability of titles [to be] permitted under certain conditions…[pointing out that]…recent legislation on artisanal mining prohibits transfer of mining rights'. This is particularly …
Illegal Mining News, Research and Analysis
All of Ghana's main sources of drinking water have been contaminated by illegal mining activities. Wikimedia Commons December 12, 2022 Ghana had a bad time in 2022 – 4 reads to catch up on ...
Fighting illegal mining in Ghana (1) what is the position of …
Section 5 (1) of the Act 703 which confers the power to grant mineral rights states ' Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Minister on behalf of the President and on the recommendation of the ...
U.S. Gathers Experts to Tackle Illegal Mining in Ghana
Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana has been a major contributor to deforestation, polluting the water, air, and soil, and devastating farmlands. It has also contributed to serious health challenges and an increased number of school dropouts in …
ILLEGAL MINING AS THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA…
This paper provides some insights into the in extricable linkage. between sustainable development and illegal gold mining p opularly referred to as. "galamsey" and examines the effectiveness ...
Illegal mining threatening Ghana's $230 million …
Illegal mining threatening Ghana's $230 million Cocoa Rehabilitation Project. More than 4,300 hectares of cocoa farms in the Nkawie Cocoa District of the Ashanti …
Gold, guns and China: Ghana's fight to end galamsey
Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are engaged in illegal artisanal mining. How can the government stop it? At the start of April, Ghana's government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they could either stop their activities or face prosecution. The threat …
Frontiers | "Illegal" Gold Mining Operations in Ghana: …
For regulating the activities of mining for environmental sustainability and management, the government of Ghana imposed ban on illegal mining with the popular phrase "operation vanguard." Operation Vanguard is a military police joint task force set up by the President of Ghana in 2017 to combat the operation of galamsey in Ghana. …
34 major forests in Ghana significantly impacted by illegal mining
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah. Accra, May 2, GNA – Thirty-four major forest reserves in the country have been significantly affected due to illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as "galamsey". A total of 4, 726.2 hectares of forests had, thus, been dissipated or degraded as a result of the mining illegalities carried out in those reserves.
Galamsey: Ghana's illegal mining menace threatens …
Mary Appiah Opinion Aug - 04 - 2023, 20:02. Galamsey, an illegal form of small-scale mining, has emerged as a pressing environmental and social issue in Ghana. Advertisement. The illicit mining ...
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 license is time-consuming. Second, the regulatory framework ...
Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens …
In Ghana, illegal miners known as galamseyers are carrying out an increasing share of the country's gold production. In recent years, these miners have been sourcing machinery from China. The …
Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and …
Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and reality are disconnected. Illegal gold mining is spreading rapidly in Ghana. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr. Artisanal and small-scale mining – a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector – is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries. …
Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana's …
Illegal mining also damages land that has not been mined, mainly due to the water used to clean the gold. ... Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness ...
The impact of illegal mining in Ghana: A looming …
The impact of illegal mining in Ghana is vast and multifaceted, touching upon environmental, public health, and social aspects. The detrimental consequences of this activity are far-reaching and demand immediate attention and intervention from the government, policymakers, and society as a whole. To combat illegal mining effectively, …
Public Administration, Governance, and Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
Illegal mining in Ghana is an archetypical complex problem as it is cross-scalar, involving public, private, nonprofit sector actors interacting at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of government. The relevant public agencies regulating the sector are the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Minerals Commission, and the …
The Effects of Illegal Mining on Ghana's Agriculture
The Northern regions of Ghana has been plagued with illegal mining (Galamsey) activities, with Chinese workers acting as the number culprits. These illegal mining activities have substantially destroyed the fertile environment needed for Ghanaian farmers to grow crops. Their livelihood has been destroyed over the years and it's only now that ...
"Illegal" Gold Mining Operations in Ghana: Implication for …
Illegal mining, a low-technology and labor-intensive mining activity ( Kwadwo et al., 2016 ) in Ghana, has come under serious scrutiny due to its implication on agricultural land and
The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal …
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...
Involving citizens can help fix illegal mining in Ghana, here's …
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer and the world's number six, with approximately 129 metric tonnes of gold produced in 2021. Gold mining can be defined as the beneficiation through ore ...
Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting …
Illegal Gold Mining Boom Threatens Cocoa Farmers (And Your Chocolate) Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around …
Mining industry in Ghana
Mining industry in Ghana - statistics & facts. 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 ...
Is illegal mining socio-politically entrenched? An opinion
Gold mining follows two divisional lines in Ghana; the large-scale multi-national and the small-scale mining sectors (Wireko-Gyebi et al., 2020).Typically, the small scale mining aspect of gold extraction can be further divided into two classes (legal and illegal) depending on its legal approval and operational protocols (Boateng et al., 2014). ...
Ghana's artisanal miners are a law unto themselves: …
Illegal mining operations also cause 60% of the pollution of major rivers. Illegal mining also affects people's health. It is responsible for more than 40% of mental health cases in some mining ...
