Gold Mining as Subsistence: Ghana's Small-Scale Miners Left Behind
Touted as having as much as 70 percent of West Africa's gold deposits, Ghana has, for centuries, attracted numerous foreigners seeking to trade and invest in its...
The Environmental Impact of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana - jstor
This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental...
Small Scale Gold Mining and Environmental Degradation, in Ghana ...
Technology, Ghana. Abstract. Small scale gold mining in Ghana has a long history. It has existed as far back as the eighth century as a economic...
A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-Scale Mining ... - IIED
Socio-economic Impact of Small-scale Mining in Ghana. 5 .... Most small-scale miners in Ghana are engaged in the extraction of gold and diamonds.
Gold mining in Ghana: Playing with mercury | The Economist
Sep 30, 2013 ... NESTLED in a former cocoa-farming region in southwestern Ghana, the town of Prestea boasts more than 150 small-scale gold mines in the...
small scale gold mining in ghana - YouTube
Mar 27, 2015 ... More details: ▻ /price-list.php small scale gold mining in ghana We are quite experienced in construction, milling...
The Effects of Small Scale Gold Mining on Living Conditions: A Case ...
In recent times, there has been a surge in small scale mining activities in Ghana which has made significant contributions to the national gold output, foreign...
Sustainable small-scale gold mining in Ghana: setting and ...
Abstract. In Ghana, small-scale/artisanal gold mining has been on-going for more than a century. Artisanal mining has been the support for the rural people who...
Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the galamsey
This paper argues that the current formalization system for small-scale gold miners in Ghana has been undermined and the small-scale mining laws no longer...
Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale ... - MDPI.com
Jul 15, 2015 ... Mining in Ghana — Part 3: Social Sciences and Economics ... Keywords: artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM); subsistence agriculture;.
Ghana: Child Labor Taints Gold Supply Chain | Human Rights Watch
Jun 10, 2015 ... A 13-year-old boy works in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Obuasi. He dropped out of school at the age of 12 and would like to...
Organization of small scale mining activities in Ghana - saimm
Small Scale Mining (SSM) activity in gold has been known in the then Gold Coast (now. Ghana) for centuries. There is evidence that gold was being exported in...
Artisanal gold mining's curse on West African farming - Al Jazeera ...
Jul 9, 2014 ... Artisanal gold mining is risky and leads to labour shortages in small scale farming. ... ability to control where gold was being mined in contemporary Ghana, ... Large-scale gold mining returned to the region in the 1980s when...
Guest Post: Chinese Illegal Gold Miners in Ghana - China in Africa ...
Jun 21, 2013 ... According to the Ghana Minerals and Mining Act 2006, foreigners were prohibited from small-scale gold mining on plots under 25 acres.
Gold Mining and the Environment - Romania, Ghana, Peru, Costa Rica
The use of mercury in gold mining is causing a global health and environmental crisis. Mercury, a liquid metal, is used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining to...
Projects - Artisanal Gold Council
A growing artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector (ASGM), budding ... Ghana: Delivery of Mercury-free and Mercury Reduction Technologies and Training...
The Need to Regularise Activities of Illegal Small-Scale Mining in ...
Southwest Ghana is a major gold producing region. The current high gold price has attracted hundreds of unemployed youth to undertake small-scale mining...
Fool's Gold: Chinese In Ghana Resented For Running Illegal Mines ...
Apr 24, 2013 ... The Guardian reported that nearly 23 percent of Ghana's gold production comes from small-scale mining, and that the overwhelming majority,...
Pollution l Artisanal Gold Mining l Blacksmith Institute
In a new Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) publication, Somit Varma, .... gold mining communities: Challenges and ways forward in rural Ghana.