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Illegal mining digs up multiple problems in Ghana | ENACT Africa
Such risks have driven calls for a total ban on all forms of artisanal mining. In January 2022, Ghana's government reduced the tax on gold from artisanal miners from 3% to 1.5% in an attempt to curb gold smuggling. This increased legal gold exports from the small-scale mining sector, but smuggling remains prevalent. ...
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Mining and Energy Reforms: Strategic Priorities for Ghana Under
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Conceptualizing collective action and informal women …
Despite ASM providing an escape route for poor rural families, earlier research showed that women's participation in ASM operations faced social structural constraints that created economic invisibility for their mining roles (Labonne, 1996).In a body of works, the social structural constraints include gendered segregation of occupational roles at the mine sites and …
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Ghana faces 'looming crisis' over illegal mining as gold prices …
People in Ghana are protesting illegal gold mining, which has poisoned over 60% of the country's bodies of water. If illegal mining continues at the current rate, experts say the …
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Ghana's Heartbreaking Struggle Against Illegal Gold Mining Crisis
Illegal gold mining in Ghana, known as galamsey, causes severe environmental degradation. Polluted rivers and deforestation threaten public health and agricultural …
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Graduate unemployment, artisanal and small-scale mining, and …
This study compares the important policy documents that control Ghana's mining industry's impacts on water resources to what is being done in similar African countries, to extract some fundamental principles and point out the inadequacies of these key documents. ... Rising gold prices, together with other challenges faced by smallholders, mean ...
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(PDF) Environmental Policy in Ghana's Gold Mining
Ghana Mining Journal. In recent times, stakeholders in the mining sector have expressed concerns about the environmental degradation and the social impacts of uncontrolled Small Scale Mining (SSM) activities in Ghana despite the existence of legislative instruments that define the procedures required for the acquisition of licences and operations of SSM activities in the country.
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Impact Of Illegal Mining (galamsey) On Local Ecosystems
Several factors contribute to the proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, creating a complex web of economic, social, and regulatory challenges. ... often exacerbating existing inequalities and challenges faced by communities. One of the most pressing issues is the health risks associated with illegal mining activities. Communities located ...
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Illegal mining is threatening food security in Upper East Region
According to the General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ghana has lost 2.5 million hectares of its forest reserve to illegal and uncontrolled mining. Again, the Ghana Cocoa Board also reported in 2022 that, the country lost 19,000 hectares of cocoa farmlands to illegal mining, throwing a lot of farmers out ...
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INDABA 2025: How can Ghana combat illegal mining?
Ghana's galamsey crisis is widely accepted to have escalated into a national emergency, with unregulated artisanal and small-scale mining causing severe environmental …
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Ghana's mining industry faces potential shutdown within a decade
The Ghana Chamber of Mines is warning mining could gradually grind to a halt in the next decade if government fails to make the requisite investment in the sector.
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Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
These arrests drew attention to challenges faced by the mining sector and the dreadful consequences of illegal mining that had previously not been keenly considered. ... This article provides a brief overview of small-scale mining regulation in Ghana and the dangers associated with it. Regulatory Regime Mining operations in Ghana are regulated ...
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Ghana's Gold Gamble: How illegal mining threatens our future …
The illegal mining crisis in Ghana has far-reaching regional and international implications. Ghana is the second-largest producer of gold in Africa, accounting for 20% of the continent's output. However, the environmental destruction and human rights abuses associated with galamsey are casting a long shadow over the global gold supply chain.
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GMES 2017: Government to drive optimum value-creation in mining
The President Akufo-Addo-led government has outlined policy initiatives that are expected to achieve the needed growth and development in Ghana's mining sector. Speaking on behalf of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu at the 2017 Ghana Mining and Energy Summit in Accra, the Deputy Minister, Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi said the […]
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Mining in Ghana – What future can we expect?
This clearly indicates the significant importance of mining in Ghana, which is also reflected in mining's contribution to GDP and direct employment, respectively 1.7 per cent of Ghana's GDP and 1.1 per cent of the Ghanaian labour force. Executive summary Mining: Partnerships for Development Mining in Ghana – What future can we expect? 5 ...
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Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: …
The review of the legislation indicated that a rather comprehensive legal framework has been adopted in Ghana. The mining sector in Ghana is governed primarily by the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) (Government of Ghana, 2006) (as amended in 2015 and recently in 2019) and the Minerals Commission Act. These serve as the principal ...
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Diamonds are forever:How myths can …
Thus, the research seeks to assess the challenges and problems that the communities in Chiadzwa Area faced from 2008-2017 which originated from the formalized diamond mining in Chiadzwa. 2009 marked a turnaround in the …
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The Mining Industry in Ghana: A Blessing or a Curse
Given that the mining industry "is currently distrusted by many of the people it deals with day to day" (Starke, 2002, p. xiv), Ghana's mining industry was chosen to reflect an industry perceived ...
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Ghana's battle against illegal mining: A call for sustainable solutions
The fight against illegal mining in Ghana has faced significant challenges. However, Ghana now stands at a critical juncture, with an opportunity to reshape its mining sector and protect its ...
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Water pollution in Ghana has reached alarming levels, …
The water pollution crisis in Ghana, largely driven by illegal mining activities, poses a severe threat to public health, the environment, and the country's economic future. While the government has made efforts to address …
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Gold Mining in Ghana| Discover Low Prices, Gold Types, Mining …
Note that these gold prices change depending on the gold market's current . Challenges Faced by Artisanal Miners in Ghana. 1 Regulatory Issues: Navigating complex licensing requirements.. 2 Environmental Concerns: Addressing the impact of mining on the environment.. 3 Access to Capital: Limited access to financing for equipment and operations.. 4 Market Access: Difficulty …
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Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, but it has an illegal mining
Ghana's gold mines are found in most parts of the country, and the mining history can be traced back hundreds of years. However, a form of mining known as artisanal, illegal or small-scale ...
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Small-Scale Mining Business in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects
In Ghana, there are about 300 registered small-scale mining groups and they constitute a major source of employment especially for small-scale gold and diamond miners, and contribute some foreign ...
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Beyond mining: Galamsey's devastating toll on maternal and …
Additionally, large-scale deforestation and soil erosion from illegal mining reduce arable land, exacerbating food insecurity. In 2024, an alarming 351.4 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa faced food insecurity, severely impacting maternal and child nutrition and increasing vulnerability to diseases.
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Ghana's woes in the Small-Scale Mining Sector is due
When a Country is faced with National Security problem or a potential existential threat like the growth of a Slum or Prostitutions or Small Scale Mining the best way to deal with the associated risks of these listed problems is proper risk assessments so as to contain the risks by Legalization and formalization processes. ... Ghana's problem ...
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analysis of regulatory and institutional challenges in the gold mining
The gold mining sector in Ghana predates independence and has over the years contributed significantly to Ghana's socio-economic development through revenue generation, employment creation and an increase in foreign direct investments. Ghana has the ... The regulatory institutions in the gold mining sector are faced with significant ...
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Research report on mining induced resettlement and
The Center for Social Impact Studies (CeSIS), an Obuasi-based research and advocacy group which conducted the research with support from the Third World Network, sought to investigate the challenges faced by mining communities and to influence policies for communities affected by resettlement.
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Ghana's Gold Gamble: How illegal mining threatens our future …
Ghana, a nation once celebrated for its gold reserves and rich natural beauty, is now grappling with an existential threat. The rise of illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, …
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Gold mining's environmental footprints, drivers, and future …
For instance, despite a notable decline in 2021, the mining sector in Ghana consistently contributed over 7% annually to the GDP of the country (The Ghana Chamber of Mines 2022). During the same year, the South African mining sector accounted for 8.7% of the country's GDP ( Minerals Council South Africa, 2022 ), whereas in Zimbabwe, its ...
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Government should prioritise security in mining sector—Adib Saani
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Friday, Mr. Saani said the recurring violence in mining communities pointed to the need for comprehensive reforms in the sector. ... mining companies must do more to address the social and economic challenges faced by the people. Access to clean water, health facilities, and employment ...
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