— The Associations call for immediate suspension of all illegal small-scale mining activities in Ghana until there was support for Sustainable Mining Practices. "We …
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This story map captures the breath taking story of illegal gold mining activities in Ghana. It illustrates the effects of unregulated surface and alluvial mining activities have affected …
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— Implementing mining certification and traceability systems can play a pivotal role in curbing illegal mining. The government should promote responsible mining practices through the certification of legally extracted minerals. Certificates should be issued to miners who adhere to environmental standards, ensuring transparency in the supply chain.
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— The growing demand for mineral extracts has been paralleled by an expansion of the economically active population in Ghana, in that, around 11.3 thousand people were employed in the mining ...
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— Ghana's renewed fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2021 saw the arrests of hundreds of Chinese illegal miners either as sponsors or workers at illegal mining sites. However, statistics of foreign nationals in Ghana's prisons, which the Ghana Prisons Service provided to The Fourth Estate, showed that as of July 2021, only two ...
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— AI offers promising solutions to the complex problem of illegal mining in Ghana. Through satellite imagery analysis, drone surveillance, predictive analytics, and community reporting tools, AI can significantly enhance the detection and prevention of unauthorized mining activities. Successful case studies demonstrate the practical …
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— Widening the scope - The fight against illegal mining Amidst the economic crucibles the country is facing, illegal mining, which has been a headache for all successive governments over the years ...
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— Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer and the world's number six, with approximately 129 metric tonnes of gold produced in 2021. Gold mining can be defined as the beneficiation through ore ...
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— Ghana, like most resource-rich countries, is saddled and inundated with resource curse challenges. Key among them is the problem of illegal small-scale gold mining activities (ISSGMAs), which is mercilessly robbing the nation of its ecological integrity, despite attempts by successive governments to remedy the situation. In the …
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The common narrative of illegal mining is that it is caused by poverty (Hilson & Garforth, 2012). The poor and uneducated are ignorant of the threats of illegal mining to the environment and its consequences on …
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— The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural …
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ment, inefficiencies in license administration, and corruption. In short, these attributes make illegal mining a complex problem. Applying the Theoretical Bases of Public Administration and the Different Phases of Governance to Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana. A core tenet of public administration is that societal values influence our ...
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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 doesn't take into account the diverse reality of operations. It is difficult for people to comply with rules that do not adapt to their conditions ...
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— Inability to control mining. Illegal mining has been difficult to control, for various reasons. Researcher Richard Kumah explains that though Ghana has enacted over 30 laws to deal with its mining ...
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— Illegal mining, for years, has received widespread public concern in Ghana, with the country fighting an ongoing battle with illegal miners operating in major forest reserves and rivers. Although Ghana has had a formalised process for engaging in artisanal small-scale mining, more than 85 per cent of small scale miners operate on illegal basis ...
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— Small-scale mining forms an important sector of Ghana's economy, employing one million people directly and supporting the livelihoods of about 4.5 million people.The industry accounts for 35% of ...
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— The suspects were arrested for illegal mining and non-payment of royalties to the Federal Government as required by law, according to the EFCC. ... this, according to the ET, 33 Chinese nationals were detained in Ghana in 2019 for engaging in illegal gold mining ... Dele Alake claimed that the tenacity of President Tinubu's administration ...
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— In the lush landscapes of Ghana, illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has cast a dark shadow over the nations development. It threatens the environment, society and economy of the country ...
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— The illegal mining crisis has been exacerbated by the entry into Ghana of undocumented Chinese nationals. They import heavy equipment such as excavators, intensifying the environmental impact of ...
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With the inception of an Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) by the government in 1983, Ghana's minerals and mining sector has seen a major resurgence over the past one and a half decades.
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— We argue that the deliberate closure of indigenous small-scale gold mining activities by the colonial administration (through the Mercury Ordinance of 1932 and the …
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— Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates private Chinese agency that is mostly attracted to illegal small-scale mining in Ghana due to push factors in the homeland and pull factors associated with Ghanaian state weakness.
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— The United States Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael S. Regan, has affirmed dedication to assisting Ghana in its efforts to eradicate illegal mining. He emphasized the significant role of the mining sector in sustaining the supply chain for technological industries and stressed the need for …
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— One of the key economic and political challenges that confronted the first Akufo-Addo Administration was destruction of the environment and the pollution of major rivers through illegal mining, commonly called 'galamsey'. ... The fight against illegal mining has long been fought in Ghana, but never won; and I wonder if it will ever be won ...
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This paper draws on the theoretical foundations of public administration and the different phases of governance as an analytical lens to scrutinize illegal small-scale mining in Ghana. It argues that without adequately situating illegal mining within.
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— According to Amoako et al. (2021), small-scale mining in Ghana is dominated in many respects by corrupt institutional individuals. The mining industry in Ghana, in …
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— The environmental damage caused by illegal mining is glaring. The rapid loss of vegetation cover poses a great threat to the climate ambitions of Ghana. Illegal mining heavily impacts deforestation in Ghana as the country lost 60% of its primary forest cover in 2018 – which was the highest in the world.
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— A 2021 report by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) revealed alarming statistics on the degradation of water sources due to illegal mining. The report …
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— 1. Introduction. 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, …
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