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Focusing on the issue of child workers in Nangodi, children are employed to climb down 80 metres mine shafts to blow craters with dynamite and to sift gold flecks from rock which has been pounded into dust (AfriKids Ghana, 2007). Aside the health risks associated with this form of work, there is ... small-scale mining communities experience ...
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) encompasses a wide range of practices, from highly informal and low mechanized mining operations with predominantly manual work up to formal practices carried out by small but high-tech industrial mining operations. It occurs among economically weak populations and in many cases the operations take place ...
The null hypothesis that there is no significant difference of illegal small-scale mining on tree and shrub species density is rejected at the 0.05 significant level, indicating that …
Compliance. All small scale and artisanal miners and those who want to venture into mining business should comply with the set conditions of the districts association thereby successfully formalizing all …
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A recent study on gold mining in Nangodi, Upper East Region, documents the intersecting gold-mining histories which have linked residents of this small rural …
An examination of gold mining history in Nangodi, which has linked residents of this small, rural community in northeastern Ghana with successive political regimes, changing mining laws, and the vagaries of the global economy, reflected in fluctuating gold prices.
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Scholarship on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has often portrayed mining regions as 'informal' zones that suffer from environmental degradation problems. Water pollution and degraded landscapes, for example, have long been noted as the inevitable consequence of the operations of ASM. Such insistence on the institutional absences of ...
A Small-Scale Mining Board has been set up as a point of delivery for the services required by the small- scale mining sector. It co-ordinates a substantial amount of expert capacity and experience and specialises in planning and developing a viable mining project through the pre-feasibility stages. The contribution of each board member is ...
The study assessed levels of heavy metals in drinking water sources in two small-scale mining communities (Nangodi and Tinga) in northern Ghana. Seventy-two (72) water samples were collected from boreholes, hand dug wells, dug-out, and a stream in the two mining communities. The levels of mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), zinc …
This paper examines gold mining history in Nangodi, which has linked residents of this small, rural community in northeastern …
Safety and working conditions in small-scale mining: The case of selected small-scale metallic mines in the Philippines by Malorie Joy O. Mones1 ABSTRACT Hazards in workplaces are common especially in sectors where informal arrangement exists such as in small-scale mining. Although there is dearth of data on
SSM of gold in Ghana is a pre historic activity which can be traced to the 5th Century Discouraged in the colonial era, till 1989 This led to Secret Activities and Smuggling of Proceeds outside the country In 1989 –SSM Activities were mainstreamed through promulgation of the Small Scale Gold Mining Law, PNDCL 218 (1989) In 2006, SSM …
The small-scale mining sector has of late become one of the pillars of the economy of Zimbabwe contributing significantly to national fiscus. Rudairo Dickson Mapuranga The small-scale gold mining …
of all mineral revenue (Adadey 1997). Gold mining in Ghana is made up of small-scale mining and large-scale mining. Small-scale miners are primarily self-employed in-digenous youth, with little financial backing and lack of a modern equipment/technology as well as current mining ex-pertise but having acquired the requisite mining license to ...
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Small-Scale and Industrial Gold Mining Histories in Nangodi, Upper East Region, Ghana Author(s): Elisha P. Renne Source: Journal of West African History, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2015), pp. 71-94
Renne (2015) postulates that an Ashanti man called Nat Adako introduced artisanal and small scale mining to the inhabitants of Nangodi when he went to the area to trade in gold. ...
Uncontrolled small- to medium-scale gold mining has a negative impact on the environment and poses severe health risks for the miners and communities in the interior. The greatest environmental risks are posed by the use of mercury in the ore extraction
Formalizing the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector would bring it into the formal sector through legal, regulatory and policy frameworks. We explore six of the key ways we can formalize ASM to bring about potential benefits to millions.
Mining is increasingly important in Tanzania for the development of the country's economy. While mining of gold, gemstones (mainly tanzanite) and diamond dominate the sector Tanzania is endowed with a variety of other minerals. The mining sector involves both large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations. The
Most people in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are poverty stricken. They support their livelihoods by the exploitation of natural resources in their vicinity which often result in environmental degradation. This study was carried out in Datuku in the Talensi-Nabdam District in the Upper East region of Ghana to assess the effect of small scale …
An examination of gold mining history in Nangodi, which has linked residents of this small, rural community in northeastern Ghana with successive political regimes, changing …
The study assessed levels of heavy metals in drinking water sources in two small-scale mining communities (Nangodi and Tinga) in northern Ghana. Seventy-two (72) water samples were collected from ...
This paper examines gold mining history in Nangodi, which has linked residents of this small, rural community in northeastern Ghana with successive political …
Illegal small-scale gold mining brings several benefits to developing countries like Ghana, manifested mainly as employment and revenue but simultaneously impacts negatively on the immediate environment. The study tested the hypothesis that density and diversity of key native tree and shrub species differ in the mined and unmined areas of Nangodi in …
