Illegal mining has emerged as a pressing issue with significant implications for economic growth and development in Ghana. This systematic review examines the impact of illegal mining on the ...
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Within the small-scale gold mining sector is "galamsey", a local term used in Ghana for illegal or unregulated gold mining operations. Illegal gold mining operations are criticised heavily throughout Ghana due to their detrimental environmental effects, which many believe outweigh any possible economic and cultural justifications. The ...
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SERVIR WA 2 Project Engages Communities on the Environmental and Health Challenges of Unregulated Mining Operations. Artisanal mining is considered a significant …
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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.
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Secondly, we focus on large-scale mining projects; however, a substantial proportion of the health-related effects may derive from artisanal and small-scale mining activities, which are often found in proximity to industrial mining projects [25, 45]. Thirdly, we did not exclude large cities from our sample, which could introduce some bias.
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Ghana is increasingly focusing on regulating and promoting small-scale mining and strengthening the collection, transparency and management of mineral revenues. In 2012 alone, six mining …
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We address this gap by unraveling the insecurities arising from gold mining in Ghana based on a systematic literature review of empirical studies on mining impacts across multiple...
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The main objective of this study is to analyze the illegal small scale mining and its effects on the economic development of Ghana. The following specific objective will guide the study; a. Provide a comprehensive understanding of the effect of small scale illegal mining on economic development in Ghana. b. Effective strategic measures to ...
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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.
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The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural productivity in Ghana. The …
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the privatization of state owned mining companies and the opening up of the country to foreign investment [6]. The effects of these structural adjustment programs have been twofold: 1) Dramatically increase the investment in the Ghanaian mining industry by foreign multi-nationals
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PDF | On Sep 11, 2021, Kwadwo Botchway published ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE MINING ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE ATIWA DISTRICT | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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The findings reveal that mining has been a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana, contributing to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) through foreign exchange earnings, investment, and sectoral linkages. However, the sector also presents challenges in terms of …
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Schueler et al., (2011) who examined the effects of surface mining on land use/land cover changes in the Western Region; Gallwey et al., (2020) also used sentinel-2 images to analyse the effects of artisanal mining in Ghana; and Opoku-Ware (2014) determined the social impact of mining operations of Newmont Ghana in Kenyasi.
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Using an informalisation theoretical framework, and drawing on fieldwork conducted in the three gold mining towns of Obuasi, Prestea and Kenyasi, this paper explores how the …
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This paper puts in perspective the effect of changes in fiscal policies on the viability of mineral projects and assesses the general risk associated with investing in the mineral industry of ...
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The purpose of this paper is to assess the critical risk factors affecting mining projects in Ghana.,A purposive sampling approach was used in selecting the respondents for the study. These were practitioners working on mining projects in Ghana.,The study identified 22 risk factors contributing to mining project failure in Ghana.
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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 Section 1 Ghana's economy and the role of mining
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The small-scale mining sector in Ghana is an important contributor to job creation for people in rural communities due to lack of sufficient-paying alternative jobs (Hilson and Banchirigah, 2009; Amponsah-Tawiah and Dartey-Baah, 2011).About 85% of the estimated one million people who are directly or indirectly employed in the small-scale mining sector are …
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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...
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Gold mining has been carried out in the former Gold Coast, now Ghana, for centuries (Ofosu-Mensah, 2011a).Artisanal gold mining started in the gold-rich areas long before modern large-scale gold mining (Hilson, 2002a) and was one of the mainstays of the numerous Akan states that developed in the forest belt of Ghana (Dumett, 1979, 1998; Kea, 1982).
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Illegal mining in Ghana is a long-standing issue, with thousands of artisanal miners operating without proper licenses or regulations. These miners use harmful methods, including the use of mercury and cyanide, to extract …
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In Ghana, the link between gold mining and urban growth, livelihoods, poverty and wealth was examined in three gold mining towns with differing characteristics: Obuasi was selected to represent old mining urban centres dominated by a large-scale mining company; Prestea was selected as an old mining centre with the presence of a large-scale ...
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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-
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The study determines the effects of mining on rural livelihoods, adopted strategies and the role of stakeholder and regulatory institutions. ... A Critical Assessment of Ghana's Mining-Livelihood Projects On Sievanen et al. (2005), who examine seaweed farming as an alternative to artisanal fishing in the Philippines and Indonesia, provide a ...
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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 ...
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This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian economy from 1992 to 2020. The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on …
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Illegal gold mining is an acute problem in Ghana. Activities of illegal miners threaten the environmental and social unity of the country. This research, however, highlights illegal
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The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on economic growth, employment, government revenue, environmental sustainability, and social …
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The sector (both legal and illegal) has contributed about 30% of all gold produced in Ghana from 2014 to 2016 (see Hilson 2017). It is argued that the local effect of ASM in terms of its ...
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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.
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF COASTAL SAND MINING IN GHANA John Victor Mensah Centre for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana ABSTRACT Sand mining is a type of open-cast mining that provides …
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