Ghana's social history is inextricably linked to natural resources. Gold mining in Ghana has played a central role in the social, economic and political life of …Web

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

Mining's impact on forests. Mechanized mining is causing severe damage to local ecosystems, says Reginald Guuroh, researcher at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana and specialist in land ...Web

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

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

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

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

Following the implementation of the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in 1983, Ghana's mining sector has experienced significant growth, making Ghana one of the 10-leading producers of gold ...Web

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

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

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

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

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

Ghana: Gold: Global: 42: Stilwell et al. (2000) P: A: Statistical analysis: South Africa: Gold, coal: National: 43: Corno and de Walque (2012) O: ORI: Statistical analysis: ... The reference list of social impacts of mining gathered in this study could be a starting point for the harmonization of indicators for the social sustainability ...Web

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

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

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

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

Abstract. Land use conflicts are becoming increasingly apparent from local to global scales. Surface gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods often remain unclear. Our goal here was to assess land cover change due to gold surface mining in Western Ghana, one of the world's leading gold ...Web

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

Over the last 20 years, Ghana has been experiencing its third gold rush. During this period, annual gold production has increased by 700 percent, as shown in …Web

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

The work reviews data on environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana such as pollution of water bodies, degradation of forest resources, depletion of soil nutrients, destruction of wildlife habitat, and reduction in quality and threats to human health. Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, …Web

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

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

surrounding the gold mine of the Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd., in the Ahafo South District of Brong Ahafo region. We combine indicators that represent the key local envi-ronmental, social, economic, and institutional impacts of mining to assess local sustainability during the active stages of mine development and operation. We use a seriesWeb

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

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

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

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