By 2006, 31,237 km 2 or 13.1% of the country's land area was under concession to mining and mineral exploration companies (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2006). This included 70% of Tarkwa and two thirds of the 2578 km 2 Wassa West District (the district where Tarkwa is located).
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Incompatible goals between stakeholders (e.g., preserving natural resources and historical property) and mining companies (e.g., increasing company revenues) often produce conflicts that are not easy to resolve in symbiotic ways (Banerjee et al., 2021).The ICMM notes that the primary causes (i.e., the triggers for protests or use of force) and the …
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To provide a clearer understanding of the conflicts that can occur in the context of illegal sand mining, we provide brief insights into the conflicts that turned …
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117 registered artisanal gold mines are found in Tarkwa alone. Nevertheless, as was explained by a senior correspondent of the Minerals Commission, the difficulty in obtaining precise employment figures for the sector stems from the fact that district centres — namely, regional branches of the Minerals Commission — keep manual A a a A a a a 3
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Civil society organizations such as WACAM, a group with a long history of supporting mining-affected communities have been criticized for calling attention to …
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To address this gap, this paper examines the extent to which mining companies meet their responsibility to respect human rights and ensure that …
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Other than gold, Ghana is also one of the largest aluminium and manganese ore, bauxite and diamond producing countries in Africa (Gajigo et al., 2012, Mines, 2013).Viability studies are still ongoing in the northern regions, where deposits of uranium and copper have been discovered (Griffis et al., 2000).Mineral export contributes …
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This paper examines the dynamics of the ongoing conflict in Prestea, Ghana, where indigenous galamsey mining groups are operating illegally on a concession …
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The article portrays the standard of living and the deplorable conditions that exist in mining areas. The government of Ghana set up the Mineral Development Fund to aid development in mining areas but has not been successful in ensuring that mining communities benefit sufficiently from mining revenues since development still does not …
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Resolving Water Conflicts in Mining Areas of Ghana Through Public Participation A Communication Perspective. Nandita Singh, J.E. Koku, and Berit Balfors View all authors and affiliations. ... Ghana Chamber of Mines, Minerals Commission, Water Resources Commission at national level and District Assembly, District Environmental Enforcement …
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The dominant source of conflicts in Prestea is land use conflicts (75) representing 93.8% and the least source of conflicts is environmental pollution related conflicts (5) representing 6.2% of respondents in Prestea mining communities.
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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale ... Ghana, including the leasing of large areas of land to large-scale mining corpor- ... Accra: Ghana Chamber of Mines. Bach, D. C. (2011 ...
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This article examines the causes and impacts of land use conflicts between large-scale mines and community groups, and identifies a series of (land use) conflict resolution strategies for mine management. It is becoming increasingly challenging for mines, which demand a significant amount of area to operate, to coexist with the …
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In Ghana, a significant cause of conflict is the failure of the sector's growth to adequately trickle down and improve the living conditions and overall development of the indigenes …
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Illegal mining in Ghana has become a significant challenge, giving rise to various social conflicts and acts of violence within affected communities.
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The purpose of the study is to highlight the problems encountered by displaced people living in mining communities in Ghana where foreign mining companies, including Canadian …
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Ghana is home to a number of precious minerals. Over the past decades, the mineral sector has contributed to ~37% of the exports of the country and accounted for ~8.4% of the GDP of the country in 2011 from 6.1% the previous year ( Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 ; Bach, 2014 ; Ofosu et al., 2020 ; Atta and Tholana, 2021 ).
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Export trade in minerals Not only does Ghana produce large volumes of minerals, but it also engages in the export of the latter. The amount of gold exported in 2021 reached 5.3 billion U.S ...
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This paper has only briefly examined the land use conflict issue in mining communities, and although it has focused much upon the Ok Tedi case, it is important to clarify that a great number of other communities around the world continue to dispute with the management of resident mines. The area is clearly in great need of further research ...
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The number of examples of confrontations between artisanal and industrial miners is also steadily increasing, with recent writings on the Philippines, Ghana and serious incidents in Zimbabwe. Existing policy …
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About 12% of all land in Ghana is currently under some form of concession for mineral exploration (Ghana Chamber of Mines 2006), with more than 250 companies being engaged in surface mining (E.A.G. 2001). The Wassa West District's geology makes it highly attractive for mining and large areas have been granted to mining companies.
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Using the case of Ghana, where conflicts and trade-offs between mining and forests proliferate, an interdisciplinary and exploratory approach is taken to investigate the impact of mining on forest ...
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For more discussion on conflicts between Ghana's large- and small-scale miners, see the following works; Hilson (2002), 'An overview of land use conflicts in mining communities', Land Use Policy, Vol. 19 (1), 65–73; Hilson and Yakovleva (2007), 'Strained relations: A critical analysis of the mining conflict in Prestea, Ghana ...
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For instance, despite a notable decline in 2021, the mining sector in Ghana consistently contributed over 7% annually to the GDP of the country (The Ghana Chamber of Mines 2022). During the same year, the South African mining sector accounted for 8.7% of the country's GDP ( Minerals Council South Africa, 2022 ), whereas in Zimbabwe, its ...
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This systematic review aims to shed light on the nature and extent of social conflicts and violence associated with illegal mining in Ghana.
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Increases in both large-scale mining and SSM activity have led to an intensification of conflict in areas surrounding operations over access to mineral-rich lands (Hilson, 2001, Hilson, 2002a, Hilson, 2002b, Hilson and Potter, 2005, Gamu et al., 2015).The Government of Ghana continues to work to attract foreign investment to …
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In our new study, we used two protracted chieftaincy conflicts in northern Ghana (Bawku and Bimbilla) to explore the complex causes of these conflicts. We aimed to provide a nuanced understanding ...
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On 1 January 2021 a new law came into full force across the EU – the Conflict Minerals Regulation. On 1 January 2021 a new law came into full force across the EU – the Conflict Minerals Regulation. ... In politically unstable areas, the minerals trade can be used to finance armed groups, fuel forced labour and other human rights abuses, and ...
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In Ghana, a significant cause of conflict is the failure of the sector's growth to adequately trickle down and improve the living conditions and overall development of the indigenes of mining and the surrounding communities, which bear the brunt of …
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Ghana, a West African nation located on the Gulf of Guinea, is well endowed with many natural resources. The country covers an area of 238,555 square kilometers, about the size of Great Britain or the state of Oregon. Ghana's population is approximately twenty million, and Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo border the country.
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