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Mining industries are commonly described as high-risk environments for occupational stress due to the nature of work conditions (Amponsah-Tawiah et al. 2014; Jacobs and Pienaar 2017).Globally, the mining industry is largely a male-dominated workplace with a resultant "macho" culture and norms which presents some unique …
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The Implications of Ghana's Atiwa Bauxite Mining Project and Chinese Funding. Bauxite is a valuable mineral used to produce aluminum products that range from teaspoons to fighter jets. It has been mined in Ghana since before the country's independence, when the British sourced bauxite from the southwestern Gold Coast.
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One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North (1990, 3) defines institutions as "the rules of the game in a society, or more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction … they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, …
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As the alluvial and chamfi ASM methods soared across many mining communities in Ghana (Kumi-Boateng and Stemn, 2020; Bansah, 2019;Essandoh et al., 2019), one key question yet to receive enough ...
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P.O. Box LG 78 Legon, Accra – Ghana, West Africa. Email: [email protected]. Telephone: 00233209621292. Abstract. Mining has become a controversial business ev erywhere. Issues of mining a ...
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A critical issue confronting the mining industry and communities in Ghana is compensation for loss of land rights in mining activities. The 1992 Constitution and the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) both require compensation for the expropriated to be fair, adequate and promptly paid.
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This paper focuses on the outbreak of illegal mining (galamsey) operations in Ghana in recent times claiming that the outbreak is accompanied by massive environmental destruction including ...
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gold mining on the quality of surface and ground waters within the Bogoso / Prestea mining area to assess the potability of the water resources. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study area The study area is Bogoso / Prestea in the Prestea –Huni Valley District of the Western Region of Ghana. The area is located between latitudes 5°
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According to the Minerals Commission of Ghana, the small scale gold mining sector contributed 7% of the $694,970,543 gold revenue to the government in 2002. According to Ntibrey (2016), artisanal and small scale mining contributed 34.3% (1.49 million ounces) of total gold production in 2014, and 33.9% (1.44 million ounces) in 2013.
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Even though the extent of environmental degradation caused by mining in Ghana is well documented (e.g. Aryee et al., 2003; Armah et al., 2011; McDonald et al., 2014;Mensah et al., 2015), little ...
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The paper concerns organisational safety culture and how it may be applied to reduce employee accidents in the mining industry in Ghana. A sample of 340 managerial workers of three mining ...
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The small-scale gold mining sector provides employment for a large proportion of otherwise unemployed individuals in Ghana. Thus, small-scale gold mining is of tremendous economic importance in Ghana, and many other developing countries, especially in places where alternative livelihoods are limited, though a number of public …
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Data statistics on Mining Contributions from 2016-2020. +233 030 277 1318. +233 030 277 2783. [email protected].
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Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) provides a livelihood to more than 100 million men and women worldwide, mostly in the global south. Although the sector is male-dominated, the number of women engaged in its activities has increased dramatically in recent years, underscoring the need for critical assessment of their environmental, health …
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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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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to assess the effects of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the livelihoods of s in selected mining communities in Ghana. …
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Mining remains the greatest foreign direct investment (FDI) in resource-dependent developing nations, primarily in Africa and Asia, contributing between 2 and 20 % of total revenues (ICMM, 2015; Abel et al., 2021). In the case of Ghana, the mining industry receives more than half of all FDIs and earns more than one-third of all export …
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The study area was Daboase in Ghana's Western Region's Wassa East District. It is the administrative capital of the district. The geographic coordinates of Daboase are 5.1320 N and -1.6657 W (Fig. 1).The study area is found within Ghana's rainforest, with two major reserves: the Subri River Forest Reserve (375km2) and the Pra Suhyen …
DetailsArtisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century. In 2018, small-scale miners generated 2.1 million ounces of gold, accounting for 43.1% of total gold production in the ...
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This paper examines large and small-scale mining in Ghana's largest diamond mining town, Akwatia, and their relative impact on environmental degradation, health, and the livelihood of artisanal miners. ... Working and health conditions among small scale miners in rural Ghana Occupational Health Unit (1998) Corvalán Health, …
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Current State of Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana: There is an alarming rate of illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana, with an estimated 60% to 80% of small-scale miners operating without proper licenses and oversight1 2 3. These unregulated operations often employ dangerous materials, techniques, and equipment including the widespread use of
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In a similar study based on difference-in-differences estimations for mining and non-mining areas of Ghana, Benshaul-Tolonen et al. (2019) show that women in mining areas may be more likely to ...
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Overview of Gold Mining Activities in Ghana. Ghana's rich gold mines and other mineral fields have attracted some leading mining companies in the world into the country, which has resulted in tremendous growth in the country's mining sector for the past few years [].In Ghana, gold mining activities are in two main forms, which are small …
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The mining industry is the largest tax-paying sector in the country and makes a significant contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. Ghana's mining sector pre-dates the colonial era. Historically, Ghana was known as the Gold Coast. Ghana is one of Africa's largest gold producers. Gold is the most …
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Gold accounts for approximately 97 per cent of all mineral receipts. According to the Minerals Commission, total gold output in Ghana increased to 3.79 million ounces in 2016, compared with 3.6 ...
DetailsThe sector employs over 1 million rural Ghanaians directly, while the upstream and downstream industries employ 4.5 million people, accounting for 60% of the country's mining workforce.But ...
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The background of the systematic review on social conflicts and violence associated with illegal mining in Ghana stems from the recognition that illegal mining operations often lead to social ...
DetailsIn addition, the secretary of the Small-Scale Mining Association – Prestea Branch was interviewed on working conditions, power struggles/relations at mine sites, gender dynamics, and the policy framework regulating ASM operations in …
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The focus is on large-scale gold mining in Ghana, which is capital-intensive, releases environmental pollutants and is located near agricultural areas. Guided by a consumer–producer framework, we estimate an agricultural production function and find that farmers located near mines experienced a relative reduction in total factor ...
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Mining in Ghana is an age-old and ancient industrial activity from which the country first acquired its name, the Gold Coast (Awudi, 2002; Amponsah-Tawiah and Dartey-Baah, 2011). Ghana is blessed with a variety of commercially valuable minerals such as gold, diamond, manganese, and bauxite. ... These stringent conditions embolden …
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Small-scale gold mining licenses 1 may be granted to Ghanaians 18 years of age and older, and are subject to the following conditions:. a maximum allocation of 1.2 hectares of land in the case of a grant to any one person or group of …
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To increase consciousness of self-health care in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners in Ghana. View Show abstract
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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 enactments setting out the guidelines for the country's mining laws.
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SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies W a, Ghana. Phone: 0249307101. Email: [email protected]. ABSTRACT. This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian ...
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