This paper will look at the history of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, including the evolution of the regulatory framework of mining activities. Discover the world's research 25+ million members

This study therefore conducted a review of the implications of large-scale mining in Ghana. Findings revealed that, mining activities gravely affect the quality of …

district-level effects of large-scale gold mining in Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania.1 Together, these countries accounted for about 35 percent of gold production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013. Our focus on local impacts is motivated by the observation that, in general, the socioeconomic effects of large-scale mining are not well understood.

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 impacts of mining activities in Ghana. The paper mainly focused on the mining activities in Prestea in the western region of the country. The data

The key legislation regulating mining in Ghana is 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 the Minerals Commission Act, 1993 (Act 450). ... A small-scale …

The natural-color image above shows a large-scale mine and several artisanal mines in the Central Region of Ghana. The image was captured on March 29, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The mines lie within the Ashanti gold belt, one of the richest gold regions in West Africa. The differing impact of artisanal …

The main mining data is a dataset from InterraRMG covering all large-scale mines in Ghana, explained in more detail in section 3.1. This dataset is linked to survey data from the DHS and GLSS, using spatial information. ... that one source of heterogeneity is to consider when exploring socio-economic impacts and distributional effects of large ...

Ghana legally recognizes ASM as a legitimate livelihood source with formalization blueprints for operators. However, the regulation of ASM activities in Ghana can largely be described as unsuccessful. Evidence shows that more than 85% of small-scale mining operations still occur in the informal and illegal sector of the economy …

Detecting Gold Mining in Ghana. Ghana is one of the leading producers of gold in Africa and the seventh leading producer in the world. Large commercial companies mine the majority of it using heavy machinery. But about 35 percent is extracted through small-scale mines, many of which operate informally or without a valid license.

Land use conflicts between small- and large-scale miners have mainly occurred within Tarkwa and the Ashanti (near Oda) Region of Ghana, the locations of the country's richest gold deposits (see Fig. 2).To reiterate, small-scale miners, most of whom are galamsey, are commonly found to be mining within the concessions of large-scale …

As Aram's (2021) study shows, some small-scale miners in Ghana who worked with safety boots primarily obtained them from friends who worked in the large-scale mining sector (p. 11). This situation occurred because ASM employers were not committed to the provision of PPEs for their workers.

Ghana has ordered all large-scale mining companies to sell 20% of their entire stock of refined gold at their refineries to the Bank of Ghana from Jan. 1, 2023, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia ...

Small-scale miners are mostly accused in Ghana of being environmentally disruptive, due to their modes of operations. As a result, this paper seeks to assess the …

Examines the local and district-level effects of large-scale gold mining in Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania, countries which together accounted for 35 percent of gold production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013. Findings indicate that agricultural employment decreases in mining districts by 8.5 percentage points relative to non-mining districts for women, and reveal …

Large-scale mining, also known as legal mining, generates more than 95 percent of the world's total mineral production and employs approximately 2.5 million people across the world.13 In Ghana, there are 19 large mining companies operating approximately 16 gold mines, one bauxite mine and one manganese mine.2 These …

Some major operating mines in Ghana are Anglogold Ashanti (Ghana) Ltd, Anglogold Ashanti (Iduapriem) Ltd, Goldfields Ghana Ltd, Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd, Chirano Gold Mine among others. Ghana has 20 large-scale mining companies producing gold, diamonds, bauxite, and manganese, and, there are also over 300 registered small …

Abstract and Figures. Indigenous mining of gold in Ghana dates as far back as the 4th century. Large scale mining began in Ghana around 1500. Over the years, gold has been Ghana's major foreign ...

Abstract: Examines the local and district-level effects of large-scale gold mining in Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania, countries which together accounted for 35 percent of gold production …

This paper has shown how mining employment is clearly informalising in Ghana, as miners retrenched from large-scale mining, together with those entering …

Large scale mining in Ghana: a review of the implications on the host communities Okyere, Mustapha ; Ayitey, Jonathan Zinzi ; Ajabuin, Benjamin Avurinyinbiik . Journal of …

In our paper African Mining, Gender and Local Employment, we investigate how this recent, rapid expansion in large-scale mining affects women's job prospects. According to previous research and policy documents, it is ambiguous whether industrial mining increases or decreases female employment. The "African Mining Vision" spells …

The analysis only focussed on the large-scale gold producers in the country because of the availability of verifiable data. Moreover, large-scale producers contribute approximately 70% of gold output in Ghana which makes them a reliable proxy for the country's gold mining industry. Table 1 lists the mines that were analysed in this paper.

Table 3 shows all the large- scale gold mining companies in commercial operation in Ghana, and their concessions and operating regions. About one-third of the region has been leased to mining and ...

The opposite can be said for the large scale mining sector which ... Out of the 11 large-scale mines in Ghana seven of them are located in the Tarkwa area, producing a significant proportion of ...

Ghana's gold mining sector is multi-dimensional, made up of large-scale multinational mining companies as well as artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) groups. Large-scale mining is a capital-intensive venture, well-regulated, and conducted by multinational companies who employ sophisticated mining techniques in their

Large-scale mining is typically carried out by foreign companies which use mechanized equipment and employ comparatively fewer, albeit more skilled, workers (Garvin et al., 2009; Amponsah-Tawiah and Dartey-Baah, 2011). All threetypes of licenses linked tolarge-scale mining in Ghana – mining, prospecting, and reconnaissance – are used

Large-scale mining in Ghana. Large-scale mining is particularly visible in Ghana. Large-scale gold mining is hugely capital intensive requiring high levels of mechanization and expertise. Responsible large-scale gold mining is the bedrock of Ghana's mining Laws and Regulations. Responsible mining has a significant positive …

for ASM activities, the policy framework for Ghana's mining sector has largely prioritised the development of large-scale activities. o ne of the questionable moves made has been the Inter-Ministerial t ask Force on Illegal Mining, which conducts sweeps of illegal mining operations to arrest miners and seize equipment.

Large scale mining in Ghana: a review of the implications on the host communities. Okyere, Mustapha. Preview author details; Ayitey, Jonathan Zinzi. Preview author details; Ajabuin, Benjamin Avurinyinbiik. Preview author details. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management.

Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper …