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First, an overview of small-scale mining in Ghana is provided in which a historical perspective of the industry is given, regional geological characteristics are highlighted, …
Popular mining towns in Ghana such as Obuasi, Prestea, Tarkwa, Nsuta, Awaso and Konogo are major reference points (Akabzaa and Darimani, 2001;Hilson and Yakovleva, 2007;Darimani et al., 2013 ...
Highlights. The paper analyses the political economy of mining towns in Ghana. It provides a historical account of the relations between mining activities and emergence of towns. The legal environment for the development or otherwise of mining towns is analysed. The implications of mining induced towns on Ghana's urban …
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 …
Abstract. This paper examines the debate surrounding a recent decision made by the Ghanaian government to permit gold exploration – and potentially, mining …
The minerals sector accounted for over 16% of fiscal receipts by the Ghana Revenue Authority in 2014. Ghana is the second African country after South Africa and 9th in the World in the production of gold and to that effect, the country produced 134 MT of gold (4.3 million oz. in 2014).
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Ghana has a population of 25.37 million, with a per annum growth rate of 2.19 %, and a mean population density of 77 persons/km2. The population distribution is varied across the 10 administrative regions and eco-zones of the country, with 68 % and 32 % living in the rural and urban areas respectively. About 52 % of the labour force is …
A Perspective on Ghana's Mining Sector. Sam Sarpong. Abstract. The report explores the extractive sector in Ghana. It looks at corporate engagement with. stakeholders, particularly with the ...
Abstract. Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying …
Structural Adjustment in Ghana: Assessing the Impacts of Mining-Sector Reform. G. Hilson. Economics, Environmental Science. 2004. This paper examines the impacts of mining-sector reform in Ghana at both the macroeconomic and microeconomic levels. Since the inception of the national Economic Recovery Program (ERP) in 1983, …
Akabzaa, T. and Darimani, A. (2001) Impact of Mining Sector Investment in Ghana: A Study of the Tarkwa Mining Region. A Draft Report, SAPRI. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: The Socio-Economic Implications of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining on Mining Communities in Northern Ghana
show that Ghana' s small-scale mining industry (including artisanal mining) is responsible for approximatel y 34% of gold mining in the country (Human Rights Watch 2015 ; T uokuu et al. 2018 ).
Abstract. This chapter critically examines the impact the mining sector has had in Ghana since its independence in 1957. Mining has long played an important role, economically, …
In 2012, corporate taxes were increased from 25 per cent to 35 per cent for mining companies and a uniform regime for capital allowances of 20 per cent for five years for the mining sector. A 10 ...
On June 17, 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army deployed close to 800 troops in an attack on its own citizens. The soldiers torched the small village of Kafwaya in an effort to expel more than 10,000 artisanal miners—small-scale miners who use basic tools—from one of the DRC's largest copper-cobalt mines, the …
The Ghana Child Labour Survey (GCLS) field data collection took place in January-February 2001, after two months of preparatory activities that included a pretest of instruments and methodology. Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Population. The 9889 s interviewed contained 47,955 persons, with a …
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Ghana at a glance . The Republic of Ghana, lies within latitude 4o 44' N and 11o11' N and 3o 11' W and 1o11' E. Ghana is bordered by the Republic of Togo to the east, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) to the north-west and north, and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire to the west. ... 2001). About 136,000 km2 of land, covering ...
15.05.2001 after a long illness. He was a diploma mining engineer at the technical University of Berlin and worked there since 1979. He was from 1986 to 1994 for the …
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Our Purpose is to responsibly source the commodities that advance everyday life. We want to bring about ...
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. This 2001 edition of Education at a Glance - OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators. The indicators represent the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. They provide information on the human and ...
Indeed, the unsustainable practices of gold mining companies in Ghana have been widely criticized (see Akabzaa and Darimani, 2001; Akabzaa, 2009). These companies undertake corporate social ...
The mean farm size is less than 1.6 hectares. Small-size and medium-size farms of up to 10.0 hectares account for 95 % of the cultivated land (SRID, 2001). Ghana's farming …
December 2022. This report covers Ghana's extractive sector for the 2020 fiscal year. Countries. Ghana. Data document (s) Report data in open format. Supporting document (s) Addendum to the 2020 Ghana Sector mining Report. Report on Ghana's mining sector, covering 2020, including addendum and annexes.
First Online: 12 October 2022. 139 Accesses. Abstract. This chapter traces the origins and developments of Ghana's mineral rights ownership regime that currently entrusts …
References. Akabzaa, T., & Darimani, A. (2001). Impact of mining sector investment in Ghana: A ... we draw on fresh insights from in-depth interviews with loosely coupled chain actors in Ghana's ...
For many years, GCD's large-scale mining production eclipsed artisanal diamond mining in Ghana. While there has been a steady decline in total diamond mining production in Ghana over the past two decades, small-scale diamond mining product has increased exponentially (Fig. 2).Between 1980 and 1989, the artisanal mining sector …
The Tarkwa Mining Area (TMA) falls in the rainfall belt of Ghana with evergreen Equatorial forest vegetation. TMA has witnessed clearance of large tracts of vegetation to make room for mining and ...