This article explores some of the best strategies Ghana can adopt to combat illegal mining effectively and ensure a cleaner, more sustainable future. 1. Strengthening Law Enforcement and ...
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The unlicensed gold mining industry, known in Ghana as "galamsey", has grown at a breakneck pace this year as global gold prices have risen by almost 30%, enticing new entrants.
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This research presents data and generalizable methods to quantify the spatial distribution of gold mining along the Pra River in southwestern Ghana, which has become a national menace. The data used are land cover maps for 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 with three land cover categories: Illegal Artisanal-small scale mining (ASM), Vegetation, and Other.
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Speaking on the Joy News AM Show today, Tuesday, February 25, he highlighted the massive scale of the problem, saying, "Over 3 million people are actively working in illegal …
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Collaboration between the government, mining companies, non-governmental organizations, and local communities is key to finding sustainable solutions to the illegal mining crisis in Ghana. By recognizing the scientific impact of illegal mining and taking collective action, Ghana can protect its environment, preserve its cultural heritage, and ...
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The unlicensed gold mining industry, known in Ghana as "galamsey", has grown at a breakneck pace this year as global gold prices XAU= have risen by almost 30%, enticing new entrants.
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Ghana's illegal mining frenzy is damaging the country's economy in many ways. ... For the remainder of 2020, we dealt with 385,676 deaths from the disease […] Ohio Capital Journal
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Sixty percent of Ghana's water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining activities. Ghana is the leading producer of gold in Africa and about 35% of it is extracted by small-scale ...
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According to the Ghana Minerals Commission, the mining sector experiences an average of 20-25 fatalities annually in legal mining operations. These deaths typically result from accidents involving heavy machinery, explosives, and underground mine collapses.
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As of October 2024, there have been numerous reports of deaths related to abandoned illegal mining pits. Some of these incidents include: Tragic Twin Loss: Two-and-a-half-year-old twins fell into an abandoned galamsey pit filled with water in Morkwaa, Central Region, resulting in their deaths.; Sefwi Akuraa Incident: A three-year-old was found dead in an illegal mining pit in …
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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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Illegal mining in Ghana has existed in various forms since colonial times, but it has escalated in recent decades. Factors such as poverty, high unemployment rates, and the lure of wealth from gold have driven thousands …
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In this report, some members of the second cohort of the Media Foundation for West Africa's Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship (NGIJ) highlight the impact of illegal mining on the health, agriculture and education of people in five mining regions of Ghana. Death and ill-health
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Illegal gold mining in Africa is out of control. It is poisoning rivers and destroying forests – and nowhere more so than in Ghana. In the village of Nyenase, the practice is also uprooting ...
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An illegal artisanal miner searches for gold in an excavated pit at the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal District in the Western Region, Ghana August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko By Maxwell ...
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This paper, therefore, analyses the failure of government/military interventions aimed at fighting illegal gold mining in Ghana since 1989. To achieve the objective of the study, the qualitative ...
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In Ghana, the issue of illegal mining, popularly known as "Galamsey", has reached alarming proportions. Today, rivers such as Bonsa, Pra, and Ankobra have been heavily polluted as a result of ...
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The threat posed by illegal mining to the quality of water resources in Ghana has become a major public concern due to the closing down of some water treatment plants in the country.
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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.
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Ghana is facing a serious water crisis, largely due to illegal small-scale mining known as "galamsey.". Recently, US-based mining consultant, Dr. Solomon Owusu revealed that 14 out of the 16 ...
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Ghana is facing a serious water crisis, largely due to illegal small-scale mining known as "galamsey.". Recently, US-based mining consultant, Dr. Solomon Owusu revealed that 14 out of the 16 ...
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Ghana Priorities: Illegal Mining ... namely the formalization of illegal mining through mining cooperatives. ... reduced deaths and injuries from accidents, and reduced in-utero exposure to mercury from harmful production practices. Additionally, the grant transfer is also considered a benefit. Mechanised investments yields an annual revenue ...
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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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Speaking on the Joy News AM Show today, Tuesday, February 25, he highlighted the massive scale of the problem, saying, "Over 3 million people are actively working in illegal mining, going into ...
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influence of global actors is another minor cause of illegal mining in Ghana. The . policy was adop ted in the 1980's as measures in re sponse to the fiscal problems . of the government.
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The threat posed by illegal mining to the quality of water resources in Ghana has become a major public concern due to the closing down of some water treatment plants in the country.
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Over the past decade, Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining 1 sector has attracted a wave of Chinese migrants (Antwi-Boateng and Akudugu, 2020; Boafo et al., 2019; Hilson et al., 2014).Between 2008 and 2016, over 50,000 Chinese gold seekers migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal ASM, aided at various levels, by local collaborators (Hausermann …
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We recall in July this year, precisely two months ago, tragedy hit Sefwi Akuraa in the Western Region, where the lifeless body of a three-year-old was found in an illegal …
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An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven individuals, according to the Ghanaian army. The …
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Ghana's small-scale mining sector has historically supplied livelihoods to rural people, but a rising number of illegal mining activities has shifted this activity into a more destructive force. Rivers and farmlands in places rich in gold resources, such as Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions, have suffered as a consequence, with mining ...
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Recent studies show that over 60 percent of water bodies in mining areas suffer from contamination due to illegal mining activities. Again, large tracts of forested land have been destroyed to make way for galamsey activities. This has led to the loss of biodiversity with an estimated loss of 50,000 hectares of forest annually.
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Illegal mining (galamsey) has become one of Ghana rsquo;s most pressing national crises, destroying ecosystems, undermining public health, and eroding opportunities in agriculture and other land-based economic sectors. The impacts of galamsey extend deeply into everyday life, communities suffer elevated health risks from polluted water and air, water …
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There have been reports of deaths of smallscale gold miners - trapped in collapsed underground mines (Beylot et al., 2021). For more than a decade, the government of Ghana has been making adequate efforts and plans to ... The Ban on Illegal Mining in Ghana: Environmental and Socio-Economic Effect on Local Communities ...
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The unlicensed gold mining industry, known in Ghana as "galamsey", has grown at a breakneck pace this year as global gold prices have risen by almost 30%, enticing new entrants.
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Almost every region in Ghana is experiencing illegal mining and/or other forms of land degradation activities, from north to south and east to west. But the hot spot regions are Western Region (23921 Sq. Km) and ... numbness, vision problems, convulsion and in some cases death. The mercury vapour is removed from
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