The study further revealed that small scale mining activities have caused both positive and negative effects on livelihoods of people in the East Akim Municipality The positive effects include generation of employment and income increase in compensation contributions to community development and improvement in trading activities
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mining sector on measures to mitigate the negative impacts of small scale surface mining and assist the industry to grow in a more sustainable manner Yakubu 2024 There are also discursions on general concepts of sustainable development and how it can be applied to the small scale surface mining in Ghana In sustaining such a sector it is
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Two scales of gold mining operations artisanal and small scale mining ASM and large scale mining have operated side by side in Ghana for decades In the past the two co existed on the same mineralised land without much contact or conflict as large scale mining occurred underground and ASM operated mainly on the surface
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The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of artisanal small scale mining ASM on sustainable livelihoods in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of Ghana The study seeks to answer the following questions what is the impact of ASM on livelihoods in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality What measures could be put in place to ensure the sustainability of livelihoods in the municipality A case
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Small Scale Mining SSM predates Large Scale Mining LSM in Ghana but was relegated to the background in the 1980s following the Economic Reforms and Structural Adjustment Programmes which heavily liberalized the mining sector Conversely the small scale mining sector continues to boom attracting a large chunk of the labour force in the mining sector
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informal artisanal and small scale gold ore mining in Ghana James Natia Adam1 2 Timothy Adams Jean David Gerber2 and Michèle Amacker2 Abstract impact of informal ASM in the Talensi district of the Upper East region of Ghana The empirical data is considered in section five Issues regarding our working hypotheses are discussed in
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Consider its contribution to Ghana s economy Excluding Ashanti Goldfields Obuasi mine which accounts for over 50 percent of Ghana s gold production small scale gold miners and galamsey produce between 15 percent and 20 percent of the country s gold According to unofficial statistics at the Minerals Commission an estimated 145 662 ounces
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Environmental Impact of Small Scale Gold Mining In Ghana In general mining activities have affected our Environment in many ways which include deforestation habitat loss land degradation
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By Felix Kwame Quainoo LISTEN Galamsey local parlance used to describe small scale illegal mining in Ghana has been a national headache for Ghana since the 1970s and the reasons are not farfetched The rampaging effects of galamsey on our environment notably our lands water bodies and forests the health safety and security
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Small scale mining is a significant economic activity that contributes about 30% of Ghana s total gold output and provides livelihoods to a large number of people In Ghana the small scale gold mining industry has been reserved for Ghanaians by law often using rudimentary means of extraction The last decade has seen a large increase
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A Basiru and E O Acheampong 2024 EFFECT OF GHANA MINING LAWS ON SMALL SCALE MINING The importance of ASM to rural regional and national economies is well distinguished Ghana s artisanal and small scale mining ASM sector continues to grow in size and significance Generally small scale mining SSM is regarded by many as having
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1 Introduction The gold mining industry continues to serve as a major source of revenue for government and also sustains the livelihoods of a lot of inhabitants especially in the mining communities in Ghana [1 3] Though small scale gold mining continues to support growth and development of Ghana s economy the adverse impacts of gold mining on soil and water resources have been severally
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Over the years the contribution of small scale mining to total gold production in Ghana has been going up From an output of 17 234 oz % of Ghana s total production in 1999 small scale mining contributed 1 498 722 oz of gold forming % of the total gold production in 2024 [3]
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The Methodological Toolkit has been designed to help users assess and map environmental social and economic impacts of Artisanal and Small scale Mining with a particular focus on protected areas critical ecosystems and vulnerable groups potential solutions and alternative approaches through assessment of past efforts
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The small scale mining sector has affected the livelihoods of several thousands of people especially those living in mining communities across the country This study sought to ascertain the impact of small scale mining on the livelihoods of people living in mining communities in the Northern Ghana The study aimed at examining the socio
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This Artisanal and Small Scale Mining ASM Handbook for Ghana is the result of a training session held in Ghana in September 2024 through the sub program on ASM under the overall PanAfGeo project The ASM sub program is co funded by the European Commission s Directorate General of Development and
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mechanized mining has led to an intensification of gold production from the small scale sector which now accounts for a third of all gold production in ghana and increased incomes to between us$4 000 and us$6 500 per week for ghanaian mining kingpins with nearly five times as much going to their chinese counterparts who financed and undertook …
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Ghana is endowed with extensive mineral and agricultural resources The regions which serve as the major agro ecological zones coincide with the largest deposits of mineral resources Destruction of arable land in the agro ecological zones by illegal small scale gold mining galamsey affects agricultural productivity and threatens food security in Ghana
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LISTEN The Artisanal Small Mining Africa Network ASMAN a civil society organization focused on the development and promotion of responsible and Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining ASGM in Ghana is alarmed that the inability of government to institute a policy that will regulate and eventually abolish the use of mercury by
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This paper argues that the current formalization system for small scale gold in Ghana has been undermined and the small scale mining laws no longer capture the reality of the sector s activities The paper will examine the small scale mining system and shows that registered and unregistered actors operate not only in parallel but are actually
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The natural color image above shows a large scale mine and several artisanal mines in the Central Region of Ghana The image was captured on March 29 2024 by the Operational Land Imager OLI on Landsat 8 The mines lie within the Ashanti gold belt one of the richest gold regions in West Africa The differing impact of artisanal and
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The purpose of this book is to examine both the positive and negative socioeconomic impacts of artisanal and small scale mining in developing countries In recent years a number of governments have attempted to formalize this rudimentary sector of industry recognizing its socioeconomic importance However the industry continues to be plagued by
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Socio demographic characteristics of miners have been identified to play an important role in determining the distribution of costs and benefits in the mining sector This study aims at providing an overview of the nature of the artisanal small scale mining ASM sector in Ghana by focusing on the socio economic characteristics of miners and their implications on the mining sector Three
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LISTEN Small scale mining has been existence for decades in Ghana and has been noted for a source of employment to 96% of 52 000 Ghanaians working in the mining industry Ghana National Commission UNESCO
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Impact of Small Scale Mining Activities on the Livelihoods Assets of Rural Households in the Bekwai Municipality Ghana Vasco Baffour Kyei Amos Mensah and Victor Owusu No 277792 2024 Conference 2nd August 8 11 Kumasi Ghana from Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists Abstract The livelihood asset is a primary concern in support of household livelihoods poverty elimination and
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In Ghana small scale mining was regularised in 1989 and over million troy ounces of gold and million carats of diamonds have been produced by the sector By the end of 2024 420 small scale mining concessions had been licensed generating over 100 000 miners in the country Amankwah and Anim Sackey 2024 The Act was repealed in 2024
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Characteristics of the Ghanaian Small scale Mining Industry Employment statistics • Estimated 30 000 working on registered plots 170 000 illegal galamsey • 15% female participation in legal segment 50% female participation in illegal segment • 60% of the known Ghanaian mining labour force is employed at small scale mines
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This report produced by UNDP in collaboration with UNICEF and IOM presents a social analysis of Ghana s Artisanal and Small scale Mining ASM sector The report focuses on women children and migrant miners in the ASM value chains and the impact of small scale mining on women and children in local communities not involved in mining value chain
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The rapid growth in SSM there are currently 1 million small scale miners in Ghana producing 30% of the country s gold output has significantly impacted on the environment removing vegetation and soils and interrupting ecosystem service flows resulting in biodiversity loss and water and soil pollution and concomitant health problems
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The study reveals that weak policies regulating artisanal and small scale gold mining in Ghana are also responsible for the increasing environmental problems Due to this non Ghanaians particularly Chinese immigrants have trooped themselves into illegal small scale mining hence increasing the environmental impacts of ASM in the country
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