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communities. Mostly, mining activities impacts negatively on the natural, social and cultural environments. This has remained a challenge to most communities in Ghana. In a study on Auditing Mining, WGEA (2010) reveals the impacts of mining start with exploration, and extend through extraction and processing of the minerals to
Many rural communities in Ghana that host mining firms are also amongst the poorest environmentally, socially and economically. This insecurity within host communities has led to violent armed conflict. Noting the link between natural resource governance and insecurity, we postulate that a human security framework—in which …
A number of foreign nationals were found undertaking mining in the study communities in Ghana. The choice of foreign nationals to settle in the current mining districts as revealed by this study is expected. Since Burkina Faso is close to the Upper East Region, it was not surprising to see Burkinabes' engaging in small-scale mining in the ...
Sections 81 to 99 apply to Small Scale Mining. ASM is a significant sub sector providing livelihood for millions; ASM has contributed significantly to poverty reduction and stimulate economic growth in the local. communities. ASM is the supplier of minerals for the …
2.8 ALP's in Ghana ALPs in mining communities has the main target of providing alternative source of employment and income for local people, who have lost their primary occupations as a result of mining activities …
Investment inflows into the mining sector in Ghana 2009-2020. Total investment inflows into the mining sector in Ghana from 2009 to 2020 (in million U.S. …
Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of Mining Communities in Ghana Albert K. Mensah 1,*, Ishmail O. Mahiri1, Obed Owusu2, Okoree D. Mireku3, Ishmael Wireko4, Evans A. Kissi5 1Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya 2Department of Economics, Dalhousie University, 6214 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Considering these contestations, the mine-take communities bordering Newmont's operations were purposively selected as the best place to unpack the nuances between mining and sustainable development of mine-take communities at the micro-level in Ghana. Fig. 1.2 shows the study area in the context of Ghana. Download : Download …
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.
I carried out fieldwork between December 2020 and May 2021 in three mining communities in Ghana: Wassa Akropong, Bogoso and Gbane. I conducted interviews with illegal miners and gold dealers ...
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104706 Corpus ID: 218968492; For the Environment: An Assessment of Recent Military Intervention in Informal Gold Mining Communities in Ghana @article{Hilson2020ForTE, title={For the Environment: An Assessment of Recent Military Intervention in Informal Gold Mining Communities in …
The increase in gold mining in Ghana has also seen some significant improvement in the livelihoods of communities where gold mining is in operation ( …
Ghana is an undisputed mining hub, ranked first (1st) in gold production across Africa and sixth (6th) in the world. The ASM operations contribute to 30% to 40% of gold produced in Ghana.
Ensuring Mining Contributes To Sustainable Development 9 Minerals & Mining Policy of Ghana 2.0 Overview of Ghana's Minerals and Mining Sector Ghana is well endowed …
The Prestea mines in Ghana have produced about nine million ounces of gold and this is the second highest level of production of any mine in Ghana (Adonteng-Kissi, 2015). It is an undeniable fact that some communities around the globe have been positively transformed by the mining industry, but the same cannot be said about the …
The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining communities in Ghana Isaac Kojo Arah University of New England Ho Polytechnic Abstract The Ghanaian mining industry is a controversial one. Many ...
Abstract. Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found ...
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 …
Methodology. The study was carried out in the mining communities in Prestea, one of the small towns in the Prestea Huni-Valley District, Western Region of Ghana. Prestea is located at 5.43274 latitude and 2.14284 longitudes at an elevation/altitude of meters. The average elevation of Prestea is 59 meters.
Background: Data on active TB case finding activities among artisanal gold mining communities (AMC) is limited. The study assessed the yield of TB cases from the TB screening activities among AMC in Ghana, the factors associated with TB in these communities and the correlation between the screening methods and a diagnosis of TB.
In Ghana, for instance, mining communities continue to report adverse health outcomes and social challenges (Akabzaa 2009). These communities insist that the current framework for licensing mining ...
This paper aims to explore the motivations and challenges of engaging host communities in CSR practices within the context of Newmont Ahafo Mines (NAM), a subsidiary of a Multinational Mining Enterprise (MNE) operating in Ghana's mining sector. This paper draws insights from stakeholder theory and interviews conducted with internal …
The Ghana NTP with funding from the Global Fund supported interventions to improve TB case finding among artisanal gold mining communities in the country . Given the limited data on active TB …
As of November 2021 the government had approved five community mining schemes with a combined 20 concessions that had the potential to support the livelihood of 26,300 …
In this paper, we examined some factors influencing participation in illegal mining in Ghana. We sampled 300 respondents from five areas known for illegal mining in Ghana. The data collected was ...
Most mining operations, whether surface or underground share a number of common stages or 1450031-4 Environmental Impact Assessment: Insights from Mining Communities in Ghana activities, each of which have potentially adverse impacts on the natural, social and cultural environments, as well as the health and safety of the mine …
Opportunities residents in mining communities in Ghana found a There is a great opportunity to improve and enhance the number of weaknesses in the mineral and mining cumbersome and lengthy processes in registering small- environmental policies. These included, but not limited to scale mines.
The key legislation regulating mining in Ghana is as follows: the 1992 Constitution of Ghana; the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 900) and the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995); and ... (such as to invest in local infrastructure and …
A key concern of the local communities affected by mining is how to address the multiple impacts brought by mining, and how to put the communities towards more …
programme, with particular reference to affected mining communities in the Tarkwa mining area. The specific aims are reflected in the terms of reference for this project, which include: 1. A concise account of the growth and development dynamics of the mining industry in Ghana from the colonial period through to the 1970s and 1980s, from ...
Reduction or possible elimination of Hg from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the main goals of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which has been signed by many countries involved in ASGM, including Ghana. This article provides a recent overview of ASGM gold production and Hg use in Ghana. In addition, …
Since mineral‐rich local communities, at least, in part, depend on galamsey, the state and its regulatory agencies could collaboratively work with local agencies and mineral‐rich communities ...
The impact and effect of illegal mining (galamsey) towards the socio-economic development of mining communities: a case study of Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region. Int J Mod Soc Sci [Internet]. 2012. 1 1: 38– 55. ... HIV prevalence variations in mining communities in Ghana. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. 18. 1-17. …
The worst of these disasters occurred in 2019 when 16 people, including Junior High School (JHS) pupils, lost their lives. The latest disaster resulted in the death of a 31-year-old man. Lack of safety measures and non-adherence to mining regulations by mining entities were found to have triggered these disasters.
Gold mining might have contributed to socio-economic development in Ghana, but it has also exacerbated incidences of environmental degradation and fostered associated human rights violations ...
In Ghana, illegal small-scale miners in the past were described as "poor people," who use rudimentary tools and techniques such as picks, chisels, sluices and pans to exploit mineral deposits. This definition does not hold any longer in Ghana and specifically in the mining communities where this investigation was conducted.
Hence, this paper takes an actor perspective to analyze how communities in a mixed farming-mining area in Ghana's Eastern Region perceive the spatial dynamics of ASM and its effects on land for ...
Many scholars have highlighted the impacts of mining-induced displacements (Gukurume and Tombindo, 2021;Askland, 2018;Arhin et al., 2022;Gukurume and Nhodo, 2019). In their study in Ghana, Korah ...
