6 Relevant Institutions Regulating Ghana's Mining Industry

Here are 6 relevant institutions regulating Ghana's Mining Industry:. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, which is headed by a cabinet minister appointed by the President, has overall responsibility for forest sector planning and policy direction and for monitoring sector programs towards the attainment …

Ghana's artisanal miners are a law unto themselves: …

Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, the sixth globally.It produced approximately 129 metric tonnes in 2021.. Gold mining in Ghana stretches back over 1000 years. It first served as a ...

Drivers and drags of speculative land developments in a …

In the case of Ghana, the mining industry receives more than half of all FDIs and earns more than one-third of all export income. ... The 1992 Constitution of Ghana under article 267 (1) vests all stool lands in Ghana described as customary land in the appropriate stool to be held in trust for the subjects of the stool. The Land Act, 2020 …

LAND CONFLICTS IN GHANA, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND RESOLUTION …

Conflicts over land are a major problem to the management of lands in Ghana. Land cases constitute about 59% out of the total cases in court. ... Proceedings of 4 th UMaT Biennial International ...

2019 Minerals Yearbook

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) oversees the management of the mineral resources for socioeconomic growth as well as for the development and sustainable management and use of Ghana's lands, forests, and wildlife resources. The Ministry consists of three subsectors: forestry, lands, and mining. The mining subsector is …

Ghana sends in army to enforce mining ban near rivers …

Ghana's military has launched a nationwide operation to clear illegal miners out of its water bodies, the West African country's lands minister said in on Wednesday. ... polluted by gold mining ...

Illegal sand mining in coastal Ghana: The drivers and the …

Sand mining in coastal Ghana. Sand mining refers to the extraction of sand from an open pit from agricultural or forest lands, beaches, inland dunes, beaches, and river beds mainly for construction purposes (Rentier, and Cammeraat, 2022). Sand mining at the coast is a common phenomenon in developing countries, including Ghana.

(PDF) Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana

Most lands in Ghana, particularly those found in rural settings where mining concessions are commonly located, are owned by individuals, extended families or by traditional leaders in the trust of ...

The Impacts of Mining Industries on Land Tenure in Ghana: …

This review brings to light various responses and effective strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of mining on land tenure in Ghana. These include …

The Rise of the Fourth Estate: The Media, Environmental

Amid increasing climate change and environmental degradation, illegal mining (galamsey) has received widespread public concern in Ghana, with greater attention in recent times due to increased ...

(PDF) ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GOLD MINING …

Ghana is the second largest producer of gold in sub-Saharan Africa, and has experienced a significant increase in national mining production over the last two decades.

The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

SERVIR-West Africa uses similar mining analyses and shares the data to government officials to help curb artisanal activities and reform past mining sites. References and Further Reading; Barenblitt, A. et al. (2021) The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana. Science of The Total Environment, 781 (146644).

(PDF) The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A …

The findings reveal that mining has been a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana, contributing to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) through …

Effects of Illegal Mining on the Environment, Economy, and …

The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural …

Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining …

Illegal small-scale mining and processing activities (ASM) have led to a vast area of degraded, contaminated, and abandoned local-community lands, posing a major environmental concern in many ...

Review on Effects of Mining in Ghana: The Case of …

However, with a rise in foreign mining investments in Ghana's mining lands such as Obuasi, following Ghana's Economic Recovery Programme (ERP), these land covers were ...

Destruction of Agricultural land by surface mining activities in Ghana

Download scientific diagram | Destruction of Agricultural land by surface mining activities in Ghana from publication: The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining communities in Ghana | The ...

Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and …

Artisanal and small-scale mining—a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector—is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries. Over 150 million people worldwide are ...

(PDF) The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A …

The findings reveal that mining has been a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana, contributing to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) through foreign exchange earnings, investment ...

(PDF) Adopted practices for mined land reclamation in Ghana…

Adopted practices for mined land reclamation in Ghana: a case study of Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem mine ltd October 2015 Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 35(2):77

Geospatial characterisation and distribution of Illegal gold mining …

Mining operations have significantly contributed to the contamination of readily available drinking water sources, particularly in southwestern Ghana Illicit small-scale mining activities (locally ...

The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in …

This study quantified the spatial and temporal variability in annual vegetation loss due to artisanal mining in southern Ghana, allowing us to identify where distinct …

The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana

Gold mining has played a significant role in Ghana's economy for centuries. Regulation of this industry has varied over time and while industrial mining is prevalent in the country, the expansion of artisanal mining, or Galamsey has escalated in recent years. Many of these artisanal mines are not only harmful to human health due to …

The footprints of galamsey in Ghana: The Western Region …

Findings estimate $250 million is required to reclaim lands and water bodies affected by galamsey activities in the Western Region. ... Within the small-scale gold mining sector is "galamsey", a local term used in Ghana for illegal or unregulated gold mining operations.

The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in …

Researchers from NASA, U.S. universities, and government agencies in Ghana recently used satellite data to estimate the extent of vegetation lost to artisanal mining in the southwestern portion of the …

Galamsey: Fourteen (14) Regions Devastated by Illegal Mining …

The Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) problems in Ghana are very challenging, especially as they become intensified and difficult to solve day-by-day. Currently, ASM activities have seriously affected the lands and waterbodies in fourteen (14) out of the sixteen (16) regions in Ghana.

Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa …

Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around dangerous and dirty galamsey, or informal, mining—which experts warn could …

Ghana's informal mining harms health and the land – but …

Artisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century. In 2018, small-scale miners generated 2.1 million ounces of gold, accounting for 43.1% of total gold production in the ...

THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES

2.1: MINING IN GHANA Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In …

Government is committed to efforts against illegal mining

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the government's unwavering dedication to combating illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, with a heightened focus on protecting water bodies. He announced that the government will soon dispatch law enforcement ...