Gold in Ghana: The effects of changes in large-scale mining …

In Ghana, the link between gold mining and urban growth, livelihoods, poverty and wealth was examined in three gold mining towns with differing characteristics: Obuasi was …

Mining, from The Report: Ghana 2024

Mining is a key strategic industry for Ghana, and in 2022 the country was Africa's largest gold producer and the 11th largest globally, generating an estimated 3.7m oz. Indeed, gold …

THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES

mining is also popular in the small-scale sector. Following a period of general economic decline, Ghana's mining industry recovered on the back of market-based adjustment policies …

Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in …

Large-scale mining, also known as legal mining, generates more than 95 percent of the world's total mineral production and employs approximately 2.5 million people across the …

The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining

The expansion across artisanal small-, medium-, and large-scale mining contributed to an increase in total production that rose from 541,147 oz in 1990 to 3,119,823 oz in 2009 …

Large scale mining in Ghana: a review of the implications on …

Despite its contribution to the economy, mining in Ghana has been a subject of debate in the past few years due to its diverse impacts on the host communities. This study …

THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES

A simultaneous contraction in the output of both large and small-scale gold mines occasioned the highest year-on-year decline in the yellow metal's production since 2004. The quantum of gold …

(PDF) Large scale mining in Ghana: A review of the

Currently, there are 16 large scale companies producing gold, diamond, bauxite and Manganese. Ghana is also endowed with deposits of iron ore, limestone, columbite-tantalite, feldspar, …

Mining in Ghana – What future can we expect?

While there is a clear positive impact of mining on the national economy of Ghana, at the local level, more could be done for communities to benefit from the mining industry – for example, …