This article is one of three synthesis reports resulting from an integrated assessment (IA) of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities that involve multiple drivers and diverse disciplines influencing ASGM, an IA framework was used to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data and to …Web
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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 …Web
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana — Part 3: Social Sciences and Economics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 12, Issue. 7, p. 8133. CrossRef; ... Artisanal versus industrial mining: impacts on poverty in regions of Burkina Faso. Mineral Economics, Vol. 30, Issue. 3, p ...Web
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Delicate Balance: The Impact of Gold Mining in Ghana. A Stanford GSB student reports on a study trip to Ahafo, Ghana, where mining has shifted the village's social, economic, and infrastructure systems. Newmont Mining poured its first gold in Ahafo, a small village about 180 kilometers north of Accra, in July 2006.Web
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Sixty percent of Ghana's water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining activities. Ghana is the leading producer of gold in Africa and about 35% of it is extracted by small-scale ...Web
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AHAFO SOUTH PROJECT Prepared by: Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. C825/26 Lagos Avenue East Legon, Accra, GHANA Prepared for: International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room No. F-9K-198 Washington D.C 20433 USA August 2005Web
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A study of 252 miners at a large-scale gold mining company in Ghana found that 59 (23%) had noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).51 Among 59 members of an ASGM community in Nicaragua, 21 (35%) had NIHL.52 Collectively, these results …Web
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The World Gold Council (WGC), a market development organization for the gold industry, has released a new report on the social and economic impacts of gold mining and its implications for growth and development. The findings show the gold industry directly contributed $83.1 billion to the global economy in 2013 through their …Web
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corporate social responsibility, environmental impact, community complaints, and the fiduciary responsibility to shareholders within gold mining companies in Ghana. Social exchange theory was the theoretical base of this quantitative correlational study, which included point-biserial and Spearman correlations to examine archival data from 10Web
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Since the rise of the gold price in 2000, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a growing economic activity in developing countries. It represents a source of income for several millions of people in West Africa. Exploitation techniques have evolved from traditional gold panning to mechanization and use of chemical products …Web
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Gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments. It pollutes water and land with mercury and cyanide, endangering the health of people and ecosystems. Producing gold for one wedding ring alone generates 20 tons of waste.Web
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Rises in gold prices since the early 2000s – US$ 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.Web
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Introduction. Gold mining follows two divisional lines in Ghana; the large-scale multi-national and the small-scale mining sectors (Wireko-Gyebi et al., 2020).Typically, the small scale mining aspect of gold extraction can be further divided into two classes (legal and illegal) depending on its legal approval and operational protocols …Web
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The mining industry is a significant asset to the development of countries. Ghana, Africa's second-largest gold producer, has benefited from gold mining as the sector generates about 90% of the country's total exports. Just like all industries, mining is associated with benefits and risks to indigenes and the host environment. Small-scale …Web
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Mining industry in Ghana - statistics & facts. Ghana was the sixth largest producer of manganese in the world as of 2020. The production volume of the metal reached 1.4 million metric tons that ...Web
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Abstract. Small-scale gold mining continues to make significant socioeconomic impact on many individuals and communities, and it is seen as an alternative and sustainable livelihood for poverty ...Web
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This chapter critically examines the impact the mining sector has had in Ghana since its independence in 1957. Mining has long played an important role, economically, in Ghana, its fate shaped heavily by the performance of the sector's activities. But a vibrant mining sector—long dominated by large-scale gold exploration and extraction ...Web
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The strategic management and assessment of social and environmental impacts also ensures favour from the government and policy makers for economic benefits to stakeholders. In recent years ...Web
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This study compares the important policy documents that control Ghana's mining industry's impacts on water resources to what is being done in similar African countries, to extract some fundamental ...Web
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The mines lie within the Ashanti gold belt, one of the richest gold regions in West Africa. The differing impact of artisanal and industrial mines is related to the process of gold extraction, said study co-author Amanda Payton of East Carolina University. Large-scale industrial mines use heavy machinery to dig deep in a concentrated area.Web
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Gold mining in Ghana and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring community perspectives on social and environmental injustices - Essah - 2022 - Sustainable …Web
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The purpose of the work is to use a systematic process to identify the environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold mining projects using data from Ghana.,In this ... we examined the downstream social impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam and identified resource use conflicts in the non‐resettled communities within a 30 km ...Web
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Gold mining in Ghana has played a central role in the social, economic and political life of the nation for over 2000 years [2]. However, in recent times, a lot of Ghanaians have become aware of the deleterious effects …Web
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Options to address the social impacts of mining should focus on addressing migration and access to social services. In terms of access to social services, the government of Ghana needs to compliment the efforts of the mining company in expanding access to services such as education and health, particularly in the resettled communities ...Web
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ments and evidence about how gold mining undermined state functioning. Section 5 briefly reviews work on the social impact of mining. Section 6 concludes by sketching a broad the ory of the place of gold mining in West Africa, while noting the severe limitations in the body of evidence available to evaluate the broad theory. 18.2 GOLD MINING ...Web
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The social and economic contribution of gold mining – Nov 2022 data update. This briefing note aims to help quantify the size of the direct financial contribution of 31 World Gold Council Member companies in 2021. The report provides quantitative insights into how large-scale mining (LSM), and specifically mines operated by World Gold Council ...Web
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The paper draws on 74 interviews with artisanal and small-scale gold miners and other stakeholders to investigate communities' perceptions of the effects of ASM methods (alluvial mining, surface ...Web
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scale gold mining operations are often unregulated and appear to be more destructive. It adversely impacts individuals, environment and communities with livelihood implications. The study therefore examined the socio-environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining operations in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality in Ghana.Web
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According to Andre and Gavin, Ghana's gold mining industry is more helpful to the national economy. In contrast, indigenes of local or hosting communities face the …Web
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communities: insight from the Wa East District, Ghana Issah Baddianaaha Gordon N-yelkabo Tuub Bernard Nuoleyeng Baatuuwieb Abstract The impact of artisanal mining on livelihoods in developing countries is a contentious issue. As a contribution to this subject, the study assessed the implications of artisanal gold mining activitiesWeb
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Continuing this analysis, Benshaul-Tolonen (2019b) explores the links between mining and empowerment in eight gold-producing countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana. Women in gold mining communities have more diversified labor markets opportunities, better access to health care, and are less likely to accept …Web
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Downloadable! This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian economy from 1992 to 2020. The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on economic growth, employment, government revenue, environmental sustainability, and social outcomes in Ghana. The problem statement arises from the …Web
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Mensin Gold's mine at Bibiani threatens Ghanaian villagers' health and homes. Fishers fear impacts of cross-border oil and gas exploration in waters shared by Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.Web
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In Ghana, gold mining is conducted by way of industrial-scale mines, as well as smaller artisanal mines, locally known as Galamsey. While this industry has …Web
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Environmental Challenges Volume 9, December 2022, 100653 Perception of the environmental, socio-economic and health impacts of artisanal gold mining in the …Web
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analysis to understand the socioeconomic effects of mining. The high international gold price was a driving factor in the expansion of small-scale mining, such as the 2,700% increase in gold mining territory around the Offin River between 2008 and 2012 (Hausermann et al., 2018). Between 2006 and 2012, two large-scale mines opened in …Web
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This article discusses the findings of a study on mining and its social impacts on Kenyasi, a mining community in Ghana and other nearby communities especially Ntotroso and Atronie where mining activities are ongoing by mining giant Newmont Gold Mining Company. The study investigates the real and latent social impacts of mining activities …Web
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