Mineral exploration & Mining industry - DraBeny Company Limited
Ghana long regarded as the African trailblazer, is the Africa's second most important ... The country has 23 large-scale mining companies producing gold,diamonds, ... and, there are also over 300 registered small scale mining groups and 90 mine ... Ashanti region has the largest reserves at Nyinahim estimated at over 350...
'To move or not to move': Reflections on the resettlement of artisanal ...
Official Full-Text Publication: 'To move or not to move': Reflections on the resettlement of artisanal miners in the western region of Ghana on ResearchGate, the...
Precious Metal, Cheap Labor | Human Rights Watch
Jun 10, 2015 ... A 13-year-old boy works in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Obuasi. ... artisanal and small-scale mines in Ghana's Western, Central, and Ashanti ... was killed by a mudslide at a mine near Dunkwa-on-Offin, Central Region. ... Human Rights Watch found that several of these companies had varying...
Trends in the small-scale mining of precious minerals in Ghana: a ...
Small-scale mining in Ghana is defined to include both the exploitation of mineral deposits (1) using fairly rudimentary implements and/or .... owned large-scale mining companies, and nearly a com- ... government of Ghana on concessions registered in their names ..... the Western Region, and Bonte in the Ashanti Region.
the glittering facade - twn-africa
ing in Obuasi in the Adansi West district of the Ashanti Region. ... in a more critical direction, about the impact of Ghana's gold mining industry .... munities and mining companies as well as serious violations of the rights of .... ers, loggers and small-scale miners. Recent ..... There are also no registered small-scale miners in.
The Mineral Industry of Ghana in 2010 - USGS Mineral Resources ...
about 500,000 were employed in small-scale mining of diamond, gold, and ... earned from minerals by all companies holding a mining license in Ghana. The former section .... 2011, p. 4–7). angloGold ashanti Ltd. of South africa held ownership ... which is located in Ghana's Eastern region about 180 km northwest of...
Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of Mining Communities in ...
The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, ... mining companies and three hundred (300) registered small-scale mining groups ..... shallow wells and boreholes in Obuasi, in the Ashanti region of Ghana,...
(FDI) IN THE MINING SECTOR OF GHANA AND THE ... - OECD
workers whilst over twice this number are involved in small-scale mining. ... mining companies operating in Ghana who themselves are yet to openly .... for large-scale mining industries like Ashanti Goldfields Company expansion, .... twice this number is involved in the registered small-scale mining of gold and diamonds.
Ghana's gold rush: Blessing or curse? - SciDev.Net
Jul 28, 2015 ... Illegal mining improves local incomes, but the government wants to ... Driving through the dense bush of Ghana's Ashanti region, the first sign of the gold miners was ... of 'galamseys', the local name for small-scale artisanal gold miners, ... to the community as opposed to the multinational mining companies...
Galamsey and the Making of a Deep State in Ghana ... - iiste
mining concessions were registered to small scale mining companies in 3 years ..... Odumasein the Ashanti Region, for instance, a strange lung disease killed...
Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in ...
Jul 15, 2015 ... Mining in Ghana — Part 3: Social Sciences and Economics .... mining concession in the Upper East Region, pumps (and generators to run ... careful attention, particularly in areas where the work of small-scale gold miners without registered ... ANGLOGOLD Ashanti [and] Newmont Ghana Gold Company...
Ghana Gold Agents
Gold Agent representing small-scale miners in a genuine and transparent ... Over 90 percent of the Ghana gold outputs come off from the Ashanti region of Ghana. ... The Ghana government needs to make sure that gold mining companies use...
GBC: The Galamsey Menace
Mar 25, 2013 ... The Authentic & Trusted Voice Of Ghana ... Under the law, small scale miners need to be registered in order to ... At Prestea - Huni Valley in the Western Region, the youth have taken to illegal mining to the detriment of their education. ... major mining companies which pay royalties to the chiefs of the land...
Mad rush for our gold - Seth J. Bokpe's Ghana Newsreel - Blogger
Jun 24, 2013 ... These registered mining companies contribute their quota to our development .... for two registered small-scale mining groups in the Upper East Region. ... such as that AngloGold Ashanti would take over local government...
Doing Business In Ghana - 2012 - KPMG
Engineering and Mining Journal ... The Ashanti Region ... 2012 KPMG, a partnership registered in GHANA and a member firm of the KPMG network .... small landholders. .... In addition, within the health sector, Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies manufacture drugs in collaboration with ...... a broad scale across the nation.
1 - Natural Resource Governance Institute
... by or supply to a registered licensed exploration, prospecting, mineral assaying, drilling or ... Companies dealing with other minerals and small scale miners are not .... This mine is in Tarime district, Mara region, 43km from Tarime town and is ... In 1996, Ashanti Gold field from Ghana bought the English company together...
Mining in Ghana - CountryMine - InfoMine
Complete mining information for Ghana - Ghana mining news, Ghana mining jobs, Ghana ... AngloGold Ashanti back to black ... Gold Fields carbon project registered ... Company to open another lab in Ghana, following Zambian project ... The Welfare Impact of Small-Scale Mining in the Talensi–Nabdam District of Ghana...
Ghana Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...
Variation between day and night temperatures is relatively small, but greater in the .... include the Twi, or Ashanti, inhabiting the Ashanti Region and central Ghana, and .... The Commission enlisted the help of all registered opposition parties and ... In 2004 the US mining company Newmont entered Ghana's mining sector;...
costly disasters created by mining companies in ghana
Aug 29, 2011 ... Production is dominated by AngloGold Ashanti. ... Ghana has an estimated 23 large-scale mining companies ... are also over 300 registered small scale mining groups and 90 mine support ... Four of these sad events which occurred in Wassa West District in the Western Region affected major water bodies.