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illegal chinese gold mining in ghana

76 persons have been convicted for illegal mining since 2021 …

Currently, over 140 cases of illegal mining involving over 850 Ghanaians are being prosecuted in courts in the Western, Eastern, Ashanti, Greater and Upper East …

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Ghana Court Jails Chinese National Over Illegal …

A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her attorney said Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and shed light...

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Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold mining

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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Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana's …

In Ghana, illegal miners known as galamseyers are carrying out an increasing share of the country's gold production. In recent years, these miners have been sourcing machinery from China.

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Lifting the lid on Ghana's illegal small-scale mining problem

By 2013, the scale of Chinese citizens' involvement in informal gold mining in Ghana was inviting increasingly hostile media coverage as well as outbreaks of violence. The government was finally ...

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Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold mining

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 …

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Galamsey in Ghana and China's illegal gold rush

Some 50,000 Chinese migrants have flocked to Ghana to stake their claim in the country's illegal gold mining rush with dire environmental, economic, and social consequences.

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A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal…

A recent report indicated that between June and July 2013, about 4500 Chinese nationals were arrested and deported for engaging in illegal mining in Ghana. Footnote 8 Research by Hilson et al. (2014, 292) suggests that "in Ghana, the number of Chinese citizens involved in illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply in recent …

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Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …

for the prevalence of illegal Chinese small-scale mining in Ghana, it makes the case of "African Agency" by highlighting the role of Ghanaian civil society in tackling the phenomenon.

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Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold …

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 …

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China's illegal gold mining in Ghana adversely impacting …

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 ...

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Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal …

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 ...

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Despite deporting more than 4500 Chinese, they

Illegal mining or galamsey isn't new in Ghana. The word is a corruption of the English "Gather and sell," which used to be the preserve of mostly Ghanaians in mining communities. But the invasion of Chinese citizens in the sector has exacerbated the situation, which contributes to the loss of $2.3 billion to Ghana.

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Lands Minister Seeks Media Support as Gov't Ramps Up …

In light of government's renewed and intensified fight against the illegal mining (galamsey) menace, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. …

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Ghana takes action against illegal Chinese miners

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 mining by foreigners.

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Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …

alluvial gold mining in southern Ghana and are infamously credited with the increased mechanization of small-scale mining as well as incredible profits from their activities. Illegal Chinese miners amounted to about 50,000 at the height of their involvement in illegal mining between 2012 and 2013. An Inter-Ministerial

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Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining in African

In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold and other minerals. Before this, according to the ET, 33 Chinese nationals were detained in Ghana in 2019 for engaging in illegal gold mining activities.

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Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens …

In Ghana, illegal miners known as galamseyers are carrying out an increasing share of the country's gold production. In recent years, these miners have been sourcing machinery from China.

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Sino-Ghana bilateral relations and Chinese migrants' illegal gold

This article examines the participation of some Chinese migrants in illegal gold mining (known as galamsey) in Ghana, and how the Government's policy to address the issue created diplomatic tension between China and Ghana. ... Chinese Migrants, Ghana, Illegal Gold Mining/Galamsey, South–South Cooperation", author = "Emmanuel …

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Only two Chinese citizens in Ghana's prisons despite …

Ghana's renewed fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2021 saw the arrests of hundreds of Chinese illegal miners either as sponsors or workers at illegal mining sites. However, statistics of foreign nationals in Ghana's prisons, which the Ghana Prisons Service provided to The Fourth Estate, showed that as of July 2021, only two ...

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Geospatial characterisation and distribution of Illegal gold mining

Recent interest by governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations in monitoring, tracing, tracking and flushing out illegal mining activities in Ghana has intensified due to the fact that large tracts of arable lands, forests and water resources are destroyed by this group of illegal miners. Yet, the scale of operation, types, …

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The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …

of 'illegal Chinese miners'. Eventually the government acted. On 15 May 2013, ... 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 ...

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Ghanaian Court Jails the Notorious Chinese "Galamsey Queen" for Illegal

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 ...

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Sino-Ghana bilateral relations and Chinese migrants' illegal gold

This article examines the participation of some Chinese migrants in illegal gold mining (known as galamsey) in Ghana, and how the Government's policy to address the issue created diplomatic tension between China and Ghana. Drawing on primary data from in-depth, face-to-face interviews with 250 respondents and supplementary …

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Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal …

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 Ghana due to …

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Illegal Mining in Ghana

The government of Ghana has seen the need for real-time information on mining activities. SERVIR-West Africa in collaboration with Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) are using Earth Observation and geospatial technologies to provide visual and analytic spatio-temporal (through time and space) …

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Ghana's Gold Gamble: How illegal mining threatens our …

The illegal mining crisis in Ghana has far-reaching regional and international implications. Ghana is the second-largest producer of gold in Africa, accounting for 20% …

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Illegal Chinese gold mining in Amansie West, Ghana

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Illegal Chinese gold mining in Amansie West, Ghana - an assessement of its impact and implications" by Jørgen Stangeland Bach. ... Illegal Chinese gold mining in Amansie West, Ghana - an assessement of its impact and implications @inproceedings{Bach2014IllegalCG, title={Illegal Chinese gold mining in …

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Illegal Chinese Gold Mining Leaves an Open …

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 …

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Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond …

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 …

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