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Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement …

The role of the state in prioritizing large-scale over small-scale mining also comes into focus here. Much of the legislation on mining privileges large-scale mining, especially foreign companies, over local artisanal mining. The small-scale mining sector has faced decades of financial and technological neglect by the state.

Evaluating conflict surrounding mineral extraction in Ghana: …

This paper characterizes these conflicts in the south-central section of the country by mapping the spatial overlaps between large and small-scale miners. …

Digging for Gold or Justice? Misrecognition and Marginalization of

Artisanal small-scale mining remains a concern to many mineral-rich countries in the developing world. In Ghana, a significant number of those engaged in the sector are operating illegally. The ubiquity of the illegal mining sector has posed a policy challenge to the government, and high-handed measures to curb the problem have …

Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana

Introduction. Mineral wealth is an important asset that can be used to stimulate or enhance economic growth and spur infrastructure development, including the building of schools, hospitals and road networks.1 Mining has played a substantial role in the development of Ghana, which is second only to South Africa in terms of gold …

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. contributed 6 per cent, Newmont Corporation contributed 13 per cent and . Gold Fields Tarkwa 15 per cent (Chamber of Mines, 2014). ... Artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana is governed ... sources and settling disputes between miners (Wilson et. al. 2015). Formal central government agencies'

Governing access to gold in Ghana: in-depth geopolitics on mining …

Studies of articulations between large- and small-scale mining have overlooked the subterranean dimension of extraction and ignored how mining companies and artisanal miners cohabit in places with long histories of small-scale mining and are affected by their different capacities to access specific mineral deposits. ... Newmont Ghana Gold ...

Gold in Ghana: The effects of changes in large-scale mining …

An alternative conceptual framework at times used to analyse conflict between large-scale mining and ASM in accessing natural resources, in this case mineralised land, is political ecology. ... Artisanal small-scale gold mining in Ghana exhibits these features of informality, the persistence of which has been widely researched (Van Bockstael ...

A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' Small

One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North (1990, 3) defines institutions as "the rules of the game in a society, or more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction … they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, …

The impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …

Since 2010, artisanal and small-scale gold miners (both legally and illegally operating) have been exploring and mining gold in the district with sophisticated machinery, triggered by commercial discovery of huge gold deposits (7.4 million oz) in nearby Birim North District by Newmont Mining Inc. in 2010 (Mining-technology, 2014).

Available Legal Regime and The Use of Mercury for …

mercury laws by regulatory institutions in Ghana: 18 people said yes and 12 said not effectively implemented. The reasons of these include the fact that most small -scale miners are illegal miners and

Sustainable Livelihoods in Artisanal Small-Scale Mining

The termination of mining activities resulting from the exhaustion of mineral resources usually kills the local economies of mining communities and ultimately impoverish the inhabitants of the affected communities. Underpinned by this, sustainable livelihoods in artisanal small-scale mining communities have assumed prominence …

Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold …

Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana Gordon Crawforda∗ and Gabriel Botchweyb aCentre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations ...

Newmont's Ahafo gold mine, Ghana

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) is a Ghanaian subsidiary wholly owned by Newmont Mining Corporation. ... - Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems - Soil erosion. ... S., (2018). Dynamics of community perceptions, common resources and compensation practices in mining: The case of Newmont …

Social Legitimacy as the Unresolved Driver in Mining

Challenges with eradicating illegal mining in Ghana: A …

In Ghana, inappropriate regulations and the promotion of foreign investment in large-scale mining projects at the expense of the welfare of rural communities have …

Land use competition between small- and large-scale …

This paper examines the impact of land use disputes between small- and large-scale miners in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for …

GNASSM | Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is the umbrella Association of registered Small Scale Miners as stipulated in our Mining Laws. The Association was formed in 2011 and its formation was facilitated by the Minerals Commission under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703, subsection 90 (e)).

Golden Opportunity in Ghana: A Negotiation Case Study …

As a relative newcomer to Ghana, Newmont has a unique chance to seize certain opportunities to change the dynamic of interaction between multinational mining companies, the federal government and local artisanal and small-scale mining communities. Newmont has engaged with some NGOs in Ghana, but has the rare

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Fulfilling corporate social responsibility, Newmont's …

But with regards to Corporate Social Responsibility, Newmont is one of the most committed corporations in the country not just within the mining industry, but among all of corporate Ghana. Newmont's outstanding attitude to corporate social responsibility takes form in arguably the most innovative and effective structures for this purpose seen ...

Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale

A sample size of 330 individuals, comprising small‐scale miners and farmers, was randomly selected from 10 mining communities within the Upper Denkyira Municipality to examine factors ...

The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

Serious indigenous miners dug deep tunnels—records indicate some up to 80 feet deep. A version of this small-scale mining persists—known today as artisanal mining—but new research shows it is having a growing and sometimes devastating effect on the environment. Researchers from NASA, U.S. universities, and government …

Africa centre to promote legal and sustainable small-scale mining in Ghana

The Africa Centre for Minerals, Mining, and Sustainable Development (ACMMSD), a Centre with the purpose of promoting legal and sustainable mining, especially small-scale mining of minerals in ...

A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-Scale Mining …

The environmental impacts of small-scale mining in Ghana are then detailed, along with the land-use disputes that have occurred in the industry. The report concludes by …

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Approach

Minimize conflict between ASM and Newmont business activities Performance –Manage environment, social, security, health and safety risks and ... Ghana ASM Strategy Akyem implementation plan Merian implementation plan Ahafo ... Social Solutions, 2015, Small-Scale Gold Mining at Merian - baseline report, September 6, 2015. October 2017 ...

Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana …

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 …

African Queen, Noyem Gold and Newmont Ghana enters into mining …

AFRICAN QUEEN MINES LTD has entered into an Earn-in and Joint Venture Agreement with Marshall Islands private company AKAN EXPLORATION LTD, covering exploration, development and exploitation of the Noyem Gold Project, which is the subject of the Noyem-Nyafoman Prospecting License LVB 10244/1995 in Ghana. …

Social Legitimacy as the Unresolved Driver in Mining

The dispute between the mining companies and the small-scale miners is an example of the conflict in the sector. Existing literature = has documented the conflict between Ghana's large-scale and small-scale miners as one part of the problem. Footnote 65 Patel et al. give detailed instances of conflicts existing in mining …

Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder engagement in Ghana…

Newmont Ahafo Mines (NAM) is a subsidiary of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) with its parent company Newmont Mining Corporation (NMC) which is based in Denver, USA. NMC is a gold producer with properties in Ghana, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico (Boso et al., 2017 ; Fernández …

International Journal of the Commons

Using Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd at Ahafo, we analyzed data from a sample of 120 stakeholders in four mining communities which revealed a wide divergence …

Addressing Mining Sector Conflicts in Ghana

opening up of the sector to foreign investment in the 1980s led to land use competition between mining companies and local communities, including farmers and small-scale …

2020 CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE MINING …

How does Newmont Ghana Gold Limited manage crises in its mines? What are some of the measures to be taken by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited in preventing crises in its mines?

A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-Scale …

Socio-economic Impact of Small-scale Mining in Ghana Employment Most small-scale miners in Ghana are engaged in the extraction of gold and diamonds simply because they can generate wealth quickly. In fact, with the exception of specialist commodities, in most instances, it is economically unviable to mine anything other than

Analyzing a deadly confrontation to understand the roots of conflict …

1. Introduction. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity in many rural areas of the Global South, but it is also associated with environmental and social problems (Hirons, 2020)pared to high-profile topics like mercury pollution (Yoshimura et al., 2021) and deforestation (Álvarez-Berríos et al., …

Newmont Ghana's Ahafo North project approved for execution

About Newmont Ghana Newmont Ghana is the country's leading gold producer and operates two gold mines: the Ahafo Mine in the Ahafo region and the Akyem Mine in the Eastern region. The company is a subsidiary of Newmont Corporation, the world's leading gold business. Commercial production at Ahafo began in 2006 and at …

Newmont, GIZ open processing facility for ginger and

The factory was established as a collaboration between Newmont Ghana Ltd and GIZ to ensure a ready market for the ginger and pepper farmers in the Ahafo mining communities in order to reduce post-harvest losses and create sustainable livelihoods for these farmers.

Newmont Mining Corporation: The growth of mining in Ghana

This merger gave Newmont complete ownership of two mining projects in Ghana, Ahafo in the Brong Ahafo region and Akyem, located in the Birim North District. Both of Newmont's mines are in commercial operation, with Ahafo producing around five million ounces of gold since production began in 2006 and Akyem producing …

Criminalization of galamsey and livelihoods in Ghana: …

small-scale mining sector in 1989, about 30,000 artisanal miners brought in US$68.56 million in gold and US$71.5 million in diamonds from 1989 to 1994 (Nyameke, 1995). Hence, this study focuses on ...