Hundreds of thousands, including many from China, are engaged in illegal artisanal mining. How can the government stop it? At the start of April, Ghana's government issued a three-week ultimatum to …
More than 120 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Ghana as part of a renewed clampdown against illegal mining. Growing numbers of Chinese have been going into Ghana, Africa's second-biggest ...
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 …
As part of a controversial $2 billion deal struck with China in 2018, Ghana has set its sights on mining the forests of the Upper Guinean Forest, a delicate tropical forest that is vital to the ...
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 chieftaincy and …
This study examined the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana. The Chinese presence introduced irrevocable changes, notably the use of heavy machinery and new technology, such that the sector will never be the same again. The intensification of small-scale gold mining through
Cassius chief executive James Arkoudis has vowed the company will get justice for its shareholders in its $395 million dispute with a Chinese state-linked mine and the Ghanaian government.
Sun told Shaanxi the Chinese government would lobby for greater mining access for Chinese companies in Ghana and "create a favourable investment environment for legally operating Chinese-funded ...
DOI: 10.1016/J.JRURSTUD.2014.03.001 Corpus ID: 154273668; Chinese Participation in Ghana's Informal Gold Mining Economy: Drivers, Implications and Clarifications @article{Hilson2014ChinesePI, title={Chinese Participation in Ghana's Informal Gold Mining Economy: Drivers, Implications and Clarifications}, author={Gavin Hilson and …
More recently, in August 2016, the government expelled about 30 illegal miners, the majority of them Chinese. Ghana relies on China for billions of dollars in loans and commerce, as the country is ...
Africa's top gold producer Ghana will commission its first large-scale greenfield mine in more than a decade in November, with expected annual production of more than 350,000 ounces, the head of ...
Gold mining is a global business with operations on every continent, except Antarctica, and gold is extracted from mines of widely varying types and scale. At a country level, China was the largest producer in the world in 2023 and accounted for around 10 per cent of total global production. Our interactive gold mining map provides a breakdown ...
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 …
Illegal small-scale gold mining is increasing anti-Chinese sentiment in Ghana and highlighting serious problems in the country's mining sector. Published on 23 August 2013 in ISS Today. By . …
Section snippets 'Informalized' spaces, Chinese investment and the re-shaping of rural sub-Saharan Africa. The questions which have come to dominate recent public discussions and policy dialogue on Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining economy are little different to those which underpin much larger debates about …
In Ghana, there is a trial which is monitored, scrutinized by the public opinion. It involves money, illegal gold-mining and spectacular escape. Since the lawsuit of a Chinese national known as En ...
At the heart of Ghana's gold rush is Wassa Akropong – a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana dominated by Chinese nationals who are milking the country's most precious natural resource. The Gold Rush Ghana is a major gold exporter and the precious metal remains one of the vital sources of revenue for the …
The second defining characteristic of gold mining in Ghana is the sheer extent of corruption amongst Ghanaian state officials, who have indirectly enabled the …
92. The Ghanaian gold rush is heating up, with Chinese mining giants emerging as potential frontrunners in the race to acquire Newmont Corporation's Akyem gold mine.
Two Ghanaian journalists, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah and Kwame Appiah Kubi, along with other team members, arrested three Chinese nationals who were allegedly …
Ghana mined 4.03 million oz of gold in 2023, driven largely by increased output from small-scale and artisanal miners. Ayisi said another two new mines – a gold mine by Azumah Resources in northwestern Ghana along the border with Burkina Faso, and the country's first lithium project, owned by Atlantic Lithium – will start production in …
The General Manager of Shandong Gold Group, the parent company of Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd., Mr. Hang Li, has assured the Government of Ghana of its commitment to pour its first gold at the ...
Su Zhenyu, secretary general of the Chinese Mining Association in Ghana, said 24 tons of gold are transported to China from Chinese-run mines in Ghana each year, but many residents had heard ...
A Chinese mining company has revealed that it lost 12kg (26lbs) of gold - worth US$900,000 - in an armed robbery in Ghana earlier this year. Shenzhen-listed gold mining firm Beijing Xiaocheng ...
Wassa Akropong is a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana that has become a hotspot for illegal mining by Chinese nationals. The article …
Recently a Chinese businesswoman, Aisha Huang known in Ghana as "the queen of illegal gold mining" along with three other Chinese nationals was arrested for illegal gold mining, selling and buying ...
China's Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining has received Ghana's approval to proceed with the acquisition of Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC), which owns 90% of the Wassa gold mine in the country's ...
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 …
State-owned Shandong Gold Mining last year won a nine-month bidding war for Ghana gold mine developer Cardinal Resources, outbidding Russia's Nordgold with a A$1.075 per share all-cash takeover ...
The Namdini site in Ghana, Shandong Gold Mining Co's first asset in Africa, is entering the full development phase. Shandong Gold Mining Co is a Chinese gold producer with a strong Ghanaian presence. Its subsidiary in the country, headed by Zang Hongxun, has started preliminary construction work on the future mine, which is located …
Her arrest and recent sentencing are emblematic of Ghana's serious, ongoing problem with Chinese involvement in illegal artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASM). A Ghanaian court on December 4 sentenced Huang to 4½ years in prison and levied a $4,000 fine for running an illegal mining operation.
In Manso Akropong, the intensification of mining backed by Ghanaian–Chinese collaborations has led to the environmental destruction, creating …
The small-scale mining activities of Chinese who have flooded into Ghana's gold-producing regions have stirred resentment in the West African nation, which is dependent on China for both trade ...
In summary, the sale of Newmont's Akyem gold mine in Ghana represents a pivotal moment in the gold mining industry. Amid soaring gold prices and intense interest from Chinese producers, the transaction underscores the strategic value of gold mining assets and the dynamic interplay between global economic forces and the …
This paper examined some local pull factors accounting for the proliferation of Chinese miners in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining, particularly the …
By 2014, only Chinese miners remained,2 and an estimated 50,000 Chinese citizens were mining gold in Ghana (Hilson and Hilson, 2015; Hilson et al., 2014). One official from the Minerals Commission,3 the government agency responsible for promoting and regulating the minerals sector, guessed that Chinese nationals held 70 per cent of small-scale ...