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Small-scale mining refers to semi-mechanized or fully mechanized ore extraction and treatment in well-defined concessions owned or operated by relatively wealthy individuals or small companies and in which workers are generally employees.
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The socioeconomic and environmental impacts of informal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Ghana are assessed in this paper. The paper includes a case study of an informal ASM-affected com- munity located in the Western Region of Ghana.
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6 days agoThe mining sector in Mozambique, as in many parts of Africa, is viewed as a masculine industry; however, when it comes to artisanal and small-scale mining women play a very important role that in ...
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the world bank international institute for environment and development (iied) additionally reports that the small scale mining sector is the means of existence of millions of families in rural areas of developing countries and it is estimated that circa 100 million people, both workers and their families, depend on it compared to about 7 million .
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Abstract Artisanal gold mining (ASM) is environmentally damaging and often has deleterious health effects for miners and surrounding communities. The absence of effective legal frameworks and secure rights for miners and communities in Ghana exacerbates this problem. From May 2009 to July 2012, we conducted interviews and focus group discussions with artisanal miners, government officials ...
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The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental. Meanwhile, Newmont has become a leading target for global human rights and environmental activists.
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mall-scale mining activities in Ghana date back more than 2000 years, with evidence of gold mining as far back as the seventh and eighth centuries. It also accounts for the colonial name of the country "The Gold Coast". Ghana is presently the second largest producer of gold in sub- Saharan Africa, only behind South Africa.
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Small scale gold mining based on this rather outdated and dangerous technology was criminalised up until 1989 (when the Small-Scale Mining Law was enacted). In the colonial period, large scale mining activities were undertaken by foreign, especially British investors (Ghana was a British colony).
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It is claimed that between four and five tonnes of mercury are released into Ghana's environment every year by small-scale gold mining operations (Hilson, 2002, p.64). The threat of these poor mining practices must not be underestimated; implications for human health and a wide range of ecological entities are grave.
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Small-Scale Mining (SSM) predates Large-Scale Mining (LSM) in Ghana but was relegated to the background in the 1980s following the Economic Reforms and Structural Adjustment Programmes which heavily liberalized the mining sector. Conversely, the small-scale mining sector continues to boom attracting a large chunk of the labour force in the mining sector.
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It has been established that no single small scale or community mining firm in Ghana has been certified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD is an international organization whose work is to ensure responsible sourcing of minerals, especially in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining industry.
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But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where 'Galamsey' (i.e. artisanal/small-scale gold mining) is immense, you have seen it all. • Water bodies pollution; land and forest degradation;
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The mining practice is generally referred to as 'artisanal and small-scale' (ASM), which, despite varying definitions globally, broadly describes mining by individuals, groups, families or cooperatives with minimal or no mechanisation, often in the market's informal sectors. In Ghana, ASM encompasses any plot measuring up to 25 acres.
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Apr 5, 2022These are concession ownership issues between two small-scale mining factions and land encroachment into large-scale mining concessions. The riot that happened on Friday April 1, 2022 at Akyem Asunafo in the Atiwa West District in the Eastern Region was due to misunderstanding of mining concession ownership between two small-scale mining factions.
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The 1989 laws established a supply chain of registered actors though the market (Ghana Government, 1989a, Ghana Government, 1989b, Ghana Government, 1989c; 2006).However, Ghana's small-scale gold mining and gold market has become populated by more unregistered market actors than registered ones as actors skirt legislation and fill market gaps.
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This article examines the dynamics of rural livelihoods in north-eastern Ghana within the context of a changing environment using evidence from the artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) sector. It employs both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
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Downloadable! This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an IA framework was utilized to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data, and co-develop evidence-based responses with pertinent stakeholders.
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DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(02)00043-4 Corpus ID: 38389795; Trends in the small-scale mining of precious minerals in Ghana: a perspective on its environmental impact @article{Aryee2003TrendsIT, title={Trends in the small-scale mining of precious minerals in Ghana: a perspective on its environmental impact}, author={Benjamin N.A Aryee and Bernard K Ntibery and Evans Atorkui}, journal={Journal of ...
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Artisanal and small scale mining accounts for 35% of Ghana's total gold production. For many years, small-scale mining suffered benign neglect from the state which focused on large-scale mining....
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In Ghana, ASM encompasses any plot measuring up to 25 acres. ASM is not new to the country, which has had a formalised process for legally engaging in ASM since the late 1980s. A profound lack of robust regulatory mechanisms, however, has led to an estimated 85 per cent of small-scale miners in the country operating on an illegal basis.
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Small-scale mining is a source of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of workers and millions of dependents in Ghana. However, in 2017 a government ban was issued on small-scale mining, directed at both licensed and unlicensed miners based on the fact that the mining causes both water and air pollution.
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Feb 16, 2022The Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project, (GLRSSMP) a joint World Bank and Government of Ghana project under an IDA credit facility, has been virtually launched on Tuesday, 15th February, 2022. This project was earlier proposed as the Ghana ASM Formalisation Project (GASMFP) with the objective of formalising the ASM sector, promoting sustainable ASM practices and building ...
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Sep 12, 2022Ghana: 2022 Small - Scale Mining Awards Launched in Accra 12 September 2022 Ghanaian Times (Accra) By Claude Nyarko Adams This year's small-scale mining awards have been launched in Accra with a...
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Galamsey —a corrupted enunciation of 'gather them and sell'—is a popular term used locally in Ghana to refer to illegal artisanal and small-scale mining activities. It is an informal, low-tech and labour-intensive mineral extraction and processing activity widely practised in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Hilson et al. 2017 ).
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The purpose of this study is to critically examine the increase activities of galamsey and small-scale mining on concessions of multinational mining companies in Ghana and how this has led to an increasing conflict and a strained relationship between the two sectors. Also, it will look at the nature of relationship existing between the two ...
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Though formal gold mining has now come to dominate gold mining in Ghana, a significant part of the gold output comes from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). The sector's contribution to the national gold production has increased steadily from 2.2 per cent in 1989 to about 34 per cent in 2014 (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2014) 1
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Sep 12, 2022Accra, Sept.9, GNA - The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it will award the best traditional leader and the best metropolitan, municipal and district chief executive, who have exhibited exceptional efforts in fighting illegal small-scale mining within their jurisdictions at the 2022 Responsible Small-Scale Mining Awards.
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These characteristics of small-scale mining are affirmed by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED; 2002) report that "artisanal and small scale mining operations exploit marginal or small deposits, lack capital, are labor intensive, have poor access to markets and support services, have low standards of health and ...
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Illegal small-scale mining has long proliferated across Ghana, Africa's second and the world's tenth largest gold exporter. But recent foreign investment coupled with industrialisation has significantly exacerbated its negative effects. Many more people, including thousands from China, have been drawn into the sector.
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A license for small-scale mining is, however, granted only to a citizen of the Republic of Ghana who has attained the age of 18 years and is registered by the office of the Minerals Commission in an area designated and known as the District Office. No foreigner under any circumstances is allowed to participate in the small-scale mining industry.
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Small-scale mining, known popularly as galamsey, has existed in Ghana for generations. The ban on it was first imposed in January 2017 and extended several times, despite opposition from smallscale miners. It followed several years of controversy over the rise of illegal mining operations, particularly in the north of the country.
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It has been established that no single small scale or community mining firm in Ghana has been certified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD is an...
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The use of mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining has generated intense debate because of its deleterious effects on human health. A narrative policy analysis of artisanal gold mining debates in Ghana's parliament was carried out in this study. The results show that civil society and policy makers use various rhetorical idioms particularly rhetoric of loss, entitlement, endangerment ...
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Nov 23, 2021Abstract This research unravels the agents and driving motivation behind the rise of illegal small-scale mining in Ghana and its impact. This is accomplished via a qualitative study using illegal small-scale mining in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of Ghana as a case study.
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A key feature of Ghana's gold is that small-scale mining accounts for about 30% of total gold output, ... the involvement of Chinese citizens had grown to such proportions it triggered a persistent hostile media coverage of conflicts between Chinese miners' and local miners, as well as an unprecedented rate of environmental degradation. The ...
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GEITA, November 19, 2014 - A landmark pilot project will help small-scale miners in Geita's gold-mining region work together with large-scale mining companies in a healthy, safe environment, increasing their income and improving economic growth in the country. The pilot project is part of the Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Initiative (MSPI) launched earlier this year by the Government of ...
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The World Bank conservatively estimates that there are over 41 million people in the artisanal and small- scale mining (ASM) sector globally, at least 30% of which being women. The number of women ...
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Sep 14, 2020As small-scale illegal gold mining in Ghana customarily involved the use of basic tools such as pickaxes, shovels, spades, chisels, and hammers by unskilled personnel with little or no education to...
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APR 3, 2017 LISTEN Small Scale mining for the past few years has seen tremendous increase especially in the remote areas of this country. The operators of this business are mainly the Chinese who come down to the nation and employ indigenous Ghanaians to engage in this sort of business. Is small scale mining legal? The answer is a big YES.
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Over the years, the contribution of small-scale mining to total gold production in Ghana has been going up. From an output of 17,234 oz (3.2% of Ghana`s total production) in 1999, small-scale mining contributed 1,498,722 oz of gold forming 34.31% of the total gold production in 2014 [3].
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