Dec 4, 202309:59 PST. A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and shed light on Chinese involvement in the activity. The court in the capital Accra sentenced Aisha Huang to four and a half years imprisonment and
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· The team is tasked with tackling illegal mining in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western regions of Ghana – the most affected areas. Between 2017 and 2019, the team has arrested over 2 200 illegal miners, including foreign nationals. Gaining national interest. One arrest that gained national attention was that of the ‘Galamsey Queen’ – Aisha
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Accra, Oct 9, GNA – Ghana says it is deeply concerned over the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, copied to the Ghana News Agency said the Government of Ghana
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· He expects the Ministry of Finance to reconsider the withholding tax to secure Ghana’s gold production status. “Ghana is a leading producer of gold in Africa since 2018, and sixth in the world.
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· Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are engaged in illegal artisanal mining. How can the government stop it? At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they could either stop their activities or face prosecution. The threat seemed to
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New Tafo (E/R), April 17, GNA – Illegal mining continues to pose a serious risk to Ghana’s cocoa farms as unregulated activities continue to impact negatively on the sustainability and productivity of the country’s vital agricultural sector. Concerns are also growing over the adverse effects of climate change on cocoa production, and the
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· Out of the fourteen (14) large scale gold mining companies (LSMs) actively operating (extracting gold) in Ghana, ten (10) are located in the Western Region (Table 2). Again, approximately 396 (representing 30%) of the 1,342 registered and actively operating small scale gold mining (SSM) companies in Ghana operates within the Western region
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· At present, it buys a tonne of cocoa from producers for $1,822 (€1,670). "So far, the land lost to illegal mining represents 2% of the total area under cocoa cultivation in Ghana. We can no
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:Chinese Illegal Gold Mining GhanaIllegal Mining in Ghana · China has maintained strong relationships with many African countries, and Ghana is one such country. While the two countries have normally enjoyed good
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19,000 hectares destroyed in one year. Cocoa production in Ghana is facing an unprecedented assault from illegal gold mining activities known locally as Galamsey. According to the sector regulator, Ghana Cocoa Board, between 2019 and 2020 more than 19,000 hectares of productive cocoa farms in two regions were ravaged by illegal gold
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· The threat seemed to work. By the end of the three weeks, over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal gold mining – known locally as “galamsey” – had reportedly been voluntarily removed from mining sites. This ultimatum was part of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise to eradicate the problem of galamsey “once and for all”.
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· Ghana is an active member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Ghanaian economy grew by 5.8 percent annually between 1991 and 2013, compared to an average
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· The Chinese dominate the supply chain of illegal small-scale mining with their financial, technical, managerial acumen, the sale and transfer of gold proceeds, and political patronage. This dominance accounts for the massive negative social, economic, environmental, and political impact of illegal small-scale mining in the country.
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Mining is a key strategic industry for Ghana, and in 2022 the country was Africa’s largest gold producer and the 11th largest globally, generating an estimated 3.7m oz. Indeed, gold regularly accounts for nearly half of gross merchandise exports. Ghana also has commercially exploited deposits of manganese, bauxite and diamonds, with these being
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· In May 2019, Ghana is rumoured to have recently overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest gold producer. Gold represents up to 49 per cent of the country’s exports, contributing $8.35 billion to
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:Chinese Gold MinersGhana · Her arrest and recent sentencing are emblematic of Ghana’s serious, ongoing problem with Chinese involvement in illegal artisanal small-scale gold mining
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· The Gold Rush. Ghana is a major gold exporter and the precious metal remains one of the vital sources of revenue for the nation. In 2020, gold contributed close to GHC 7.8 billion, roughly 1.3 billion U.S. dollars to Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, an estimated $2.3 billion worth of illegally-mined gold left Ghana in 2016.
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· It is the undisputed mining hub of West Africa, and is dominated by two main gold mining sectors: the large scale mining sector (LSM) and small-scale or artisanal small-scale mining (SSM/ASM).
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· Recent interest by governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations in monitoring, tracing, tracking and flushing out illegal mining activities in Ghana has intensified due to the fact that large tracts of arable lands, forests and water resources are destroyed by this group of illegal miners. Yet, the scale of operation,
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· This paper critically explores the key issues of grievance and conflict unfolding in Ghana's gold mining industry. It examines the dynamics of conflict between illegal artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) and one large-scale mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, in Obuasi. The paper reveals the peculiar nature of the Obuasi ASM
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:Chinese Gold Minersgordon crawford · As global gold prices climb amid economic uncertainty in Europe, Ghana is facing an influx of illegal small-scale Chines miners using machinery villagers say they
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Globally, climate-smart agriculture is highly recognized as an approach for sustainable agriculture and food systems. In Africa and other developing countries, climate-smart agriculture is observed to reposition and modify agricultural systems for improved food and nutritional security. Despite the relevance of the approach to sustainable agricultural
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· Abstract. This short piece argues how Ghana is struggling to strike a balance between maintaining good relations with Beijing and cracking down on illegal Chinese mining operations. Content may be
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· Most partnerships were illegal because Ghana’s laws reserve small-scale mining for Ghanaians. But there was one exception: foreign companies were allowed to act as “support service providers
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· Over the last decade, thousands of Chinese gold-seekers have streamed into Ghana, most of them from Guangxi Province in Shanglin County, where an age-old tradition of gold mining exists. When the Chinese government cracked down on unscrupulous mining and private operations were banned, Shanglin’s miners sought
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:Chinese Illegal Gold Mining GhanaMining IndustryIllegal Miners · Ghana’s push to crack down on illegal gold mining is winning praise from the public but inflaming tensions with China, its biggest trading partner.
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· In May 2019, Ghana is rumoured to have recently overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest gold producer. Gold represents up to 49 per cent of the country’s exports, contributing $8.35 billion to Ghana’s $59 billion GDP. With gold trading at over $1,274.15 an ounce in mid 2019, four times the value twenty years ago, it represents a
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:Chinese Gold MinersIllegal Gold Miners · A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that
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· Ghana is the leading producer of gold in Africa and about 35% of it is extracted by small-scale miners, most of them operating illegally. Over the last few years, the government has been clamping
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