chinese small scale mining in ghana

The Gold Rush. Ghana is a major gold exporter and the precious metal remains one of the vital sources of revenue for the nation. In 2020, gold contributed close to GHC 7.8 billion, roughly 1.3 billion U.S. dollars to Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, an estimated $2.3 billion worth of illegally-mined gold left Ghana in 2016.

The recent Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana has received wide publicity and scholarly attention. While the literature has focused on environmental sustainability, political accountability, and institutional reforms, it is yet to examine local adoption of Chinese technology and its impact on Ghana's rural economy.

While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the …

total gold production from small-scale mining (in compa rison with large-scale mining) has increased from 11% in 2005, to 15.2% in 2008, and to a remarkable 36% in 2013. i

Small-scale mining contributes about 30% of Ghana's total gold output and provides livelihoods for many people. This study examines the impact of Chinese involvement in …

Most partnerships were illegal because Ghana's laws reserve small-scale mining for Ghanaians. But there was one exception: foreign companies were allowed to act as "support service providers ...

Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness? Sustainability - Switzerland doi 10.3390/su11215943. Full Text Open PDF ... The Application of Direct Smelting of Gold Concentrates as an Alternative to Mercury Amalgamation in Small-Scale Gold Mining Operations in Ghana International Journal …

Boafo, Paalo, and Dotsey, "Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness? Yeboah, R. / E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Vol.4 No.4 (2023) pp. 455 - 472

"Galamsey," derived from "gather them and sell," is a local Ghanaian phrase that means illegal small-scale gold mining. ... In the early 2000s, miners from China began to migrate to Ghana ...

Arrest of Ghana's Chinese Queen of Illegal Gold Mining Embarrasses Government . The re-arrest of a Chinese national deported from Ghana in 2018 for illegal small-scale gold mining (known in Ghana as galamsey) is causing a media sensation and raising many embarrassing questions. Reporting about ...

DOI: 10.1111/polp.12342 Corpus ID: 214064805; Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small‐Scale Mining in Ghana @article{AntwiBoateng2020GoldenMT, title={Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small‐Scale Mining in Ghana}, author={Osman Antwi‐Boateng and …

This chapter investigates the activities of a Chinese mining company in the small-scale gold mining sector in a corner of Ghana. It questions the legality of its operations, given that small-scale mining is by law 'reserved for Ghanaians', and argues that bribery combined with corruption amongst state officials has enabled the company …

Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates private Chinese agency that is mostly …

Downloadable! While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the …

23% of Ghana's gold exports come from small-scale mining. As many as 95% of small-scale mines in Ghana are believed to be illegal, many operated by Chinese nationals. This article was amended on ...

Areas of Chinese Participation in Small-Scale Mining in Ghana The involvement of the Chinese in illegal small-scale mining in Ghana is mainly in five areas. These are in the area of finance, transfers and sales, management, technical mechanization, and institutional protection (see Figure 2).

Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates private Chinese agency that is mostly attracted to illegal small‐scale mining in ...

Yet the criminalisation of small-scale miners has served to conceal the endemic corruption amongst government officials, politicians and chiefs that has …

However, in Ghana, Chinese nationals tend to participate in small-scale gold mining by conniving with some Ghanaians to acquire mining licenses and act as owners of the ASM operations (Hilson et ...

Since 2009, with. the involvement of Chinese miners in gold mining, which peak ed in 2013, small-scale mining in Ghana has become highly mechanized, involving the use. Gabriel Botchwey. Germany ...

The case is being closely watched in the West African nation, where Chinese players have revolutionised small-scale gold mining, leading to environmental problems and social conflicts, …

Findings from qualitative exploratory case studies reveal that illegal Chinese ASM is caused by local grievances and resistance to systemic distributional inequities in …

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 historical value, serving as a key to large-scale mining flourishment in many developing ...

2006 (Act 703). This requires that a small-scale mining license applicant must be a citizen of Ghana and must be at least 18 years old. The duration of a small-scale mining license is five years and renewable upon satisfactory performance during the first term (Minerals Commission 2015). Note that artisanal and small-scale

As the gold price continued to rise, reaching $1900 per ounce in September 2011 and remaining at over $1700 per ounce throughout 2012, Chinese miners flocked to Ghana in their thousands and their ...

Using an institutional analytical framework, we argue that the increasing involvement of the Chinese in small-scale mining in Ghana is an expression of a bigger and deep-seated problem characterized largely by uncoordinated interactions between …

A second inter-ministerial task forcewas formed with a mandate to enforce a ban on illegal small-scale mining. By August 2018, the task force had arrested over 1370 miners, including 247 Chinese nationals. The media have since reported further intermittent arrests of illegal Chinese miners — in 2019 there were 33 arrests in April, 15 ...

On 5 June 2013, 169 Chinese miners were arrested in Ghana's gold-mining Ashanti region. These arrests followed Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama's decision to put an end to illegal …

While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship between the so-called formal institutions (e.g., the Minerals Commission and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources) and informal institutions (e.g., the …

1. Introduction. Over the past decade, Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining 1 sector has attracted a wave of Chinese migrants (Antwi-Boateng and Akudugu, 2020; Boafo et al., 2019; Hilson et al., 2014).Between 2008 and 2016, over 50,000 Chinese gold seekers migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal ASM, aided at various levels, …

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the Chinese in small-scale mining in Ghana is an expression of a bigger and deep-seated problem characterized largely by uncoordinated interactions between key state and customary institutions.