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Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana…
The artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) sector – commonly described as low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and processing, in developing countries, is increasingly associated with the use of heavy earth moving machines and hazardous chemicals for ore extraction, which can have negative implications on agricultural land …
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Framing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) plays a significant socio-economic role in the alleviation of poverty. In Ghana, the increase in and persistence of illegal ASM (galamsey) can be explained by unemployment, cumbersome and costly registration, lack of land, corruption and Chinese engagement.Traditionally, Ghanaian governments have …
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Rethinking small-scale gold mining in Ghana: A holy grail for
The study's findings reveal a hierarchical arrangement of the main barriers to IGM eradication, with the following order: socioeconomic barriers (44%), governance …
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The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in …
Precious metals like gold have been a part of local economies for thousands of years and globally remain a highly valued commodity. In Ghana, gold …
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana
This paper provides background research on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Ghana to inform a multi-stakeholder dialogue on formalisation and responsible mining. It covers the sector's characteristics, impacts, issues, policy framework, stakeholders, …
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An analysis of the foremost issues with artisanal and small-scale gold …
Ghana has abundant mineral reserves in many of its regions, and gold mining remains one of the country's main sources of revenue. Given Ghana's current position in the global gold market, this review provides insight into the ASGM sector to give an understanding of the pertinent issues in the sector and its role in the socio-economic …
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Small-Scale Mining, Environment and Livelihoods: …
The environment and livelihoods have come under severe strain in mineral-rich areas with the emergence of mechanised small-scale mining equipment, which generates more than five-fold increase in ...
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Injury Profiles Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale …
In Ghana, small-scale (gold) mining is defined as "…mining (gold) by any method not involving substantial expenditure by an individual or group of persons not exceeding nine
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Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond …
While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the chieftaincy …
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The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana
Abstract. Gold mining has played a significant role in Ghana's economy for centuries. Regulation of this industry has varied over time and while industrial mining is prevalent in the country, the expansion of artisanal mining, or Galamsey has escalated in recent years.Many of these artisanal mines are not only harmful to human health due to …
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …
Note that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is subsumed under small-scale mining (SSM). Therefore, even though Act 703 refers to small-scale mining, this includes the artisanal operators (Minerals Commission, 2015). Artisanal and small-scale mining activities in Ghana are regulated by the Minerals Commission of Ghana
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Integrated assessment of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana
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 envi …
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A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …
Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable …
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Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana
To determine the potential risk factors for injury, estimate the annual injury rate and examine the safety perceptions, and use of personal protective equipment among small-scale gold miners in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 494 small-scale gold miners from four major mining districts in Ghana. A -based …
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Relationship between small-scale gold mining activities and …
Also, tax exemptions for small-scale miners on equipment, machinery, and other inputs used in mining operations have been instituted in the country. ... (SSM's) contribution to Ghana's growth, the Small Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDCL 218), Mercury Law (PNDCL 217), and Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation (PMMC) Law (PNDC …
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GNASSM | Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is the umbrella Association of registered Small Scale Miners as stipulated in our Mining Laws. The Association was formed in 2011 and its formation was facilitated by the Minerals Commission under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703, subsection 90 (e)).
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Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the …
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 …
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana
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 …
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Small-Scale Mining Business in Ghana: Challenges and …
In Ghana, there are about 300 registered small-scale mining groups and they constitute a major source of employment especially for small-scale gold and diamond miners, and contribute some foreign ...
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Ghana's informal mining harms health and the land – but …
Artisanal 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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The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
People have been mining for gold in Ghana for centuries. Long before European colonists set foot in the area in the 1400s, Ghanaians looked for gold with pickaxes, shovels, and pans. ... A version of this small-scale mining persists—known today as artisanal mining—but new research shows it is having a growing and …
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND LAND DISPUTE OF ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE GOLD …
As 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 ...
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Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana …
To determine the potential risk factors for injury, estimate the annual injury rate and examine the safety perceptions, and use of personal protective equipment among small-scale gold miners in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 494 small-scale gold miners from four major mining districts in Ghana. A -based …
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …
The mining law of Ghana (GoG 2006) governs both the LSM and the ASM mining sectors. With regard to ASM, the law refers to small-scale mining as any miner having a …
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(PDF) Governance challenges of small-scale gold …
The artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) sector-commonly described as low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and processing, in developing countries, is increasingly associated with the use of ...
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Mining Laws and Regulations Ghana 2024
In 2023, the Minerals Commission plans to acquire more vessels, hire additional river wardens, and expand community mining schemes. The introduction of "Gold Katcha" mercury-free gold processing equipment is also aimed at promoting environmental sustainability in small-scale mining. Foreign Exchange Surrender …
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Gold mining's environmental footprints, drivers, and future …
Between March 2017 and December 2018, all forms of small-scale mining were prohibited, enforced by a combined military and police task force, resulting in the arrest of defiant miners and the confiscation of mining equipment. Ghana took further action on May 1, 2019, imposing a temporary restriction on excavator imports to tackle …
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A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-Scale …
An Overview of Small-scale Mining in Ghana 3 Historical Perspective 3 ... Small-scale gold mining is, for the most part, confined to these areas, since most operators lack the requisite mechanized equipment to mine hardrock deposits of the Birimian and Tarkwian Belts. The rivers and waterways highlighted on the map contain the
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(PDF) Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana
This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental …
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Small-scale mining policies in Ghana: Miners
1. Introduction. Searching for, and extraction of minerals in Ghana has been an ancient activity. Undoubtedly, Ghana has a long history of small-scale mining of precious minerals, particularly gold and diamond which dates to pre-colonial times (Aryee et al., 2003).According to the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research …
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An analysis of the foremost issues with artisanal and small …
In Ghana, artisanal gold mining is a labor-intensive mineral extraction involving a few groups of often unskilled workers (about four to nine persons) with low …
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana
1.1. Objective. This report is one of three studies [8,10] that are being co-published to provide a foundation for a special issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health entitled "Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana".This integrated assessment (IA) is guided by an …
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The impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …
Rises in gold prices since the early 2000s – US$ 8652/kg in Nov 2000 rising to US$60,688/kg in Dec 2020 (World Gold Council, 2021) – mean artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is very lucrative in Ghana (Osumanu, 2020). Together with the promise of rapid returns, this has encouraged many rural people to engage in it.
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Five small-scale mining companies receive mercury-free processing equipment
The equipment, worth US$ 60,000, includes gold Katcha, gold Konka, gold cube and gas-fueled smelter, which would be set up in Dakete, Obeng, Bazuri, Agya Pa Ye and Beaver Mines. ... He said the project was geared towards reducing the use of mercury in Ghana's small-scale gold mining sector through education, the introduction of better ...
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mining in Ghana: identifying problems and possible …
This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental performance in the industry. Since the enactment of the Small Scale Gold Mining Law in 1989, which effectively legalized small-scale gold mining in the country, industrial operations,
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Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: The Government and the Galamsey …
However, the Small-Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDCL 218) was passed in 1989 to legalize the activity, and the Mercury Law (PNDCL 217) and Precious Minerals and Marketing Corporation Law (PNDCL 219 ...
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