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How Satellite Data Can Fight Illegal Mining in Ghana

29/05/2019For most of the country's history, mining activities involved people using handheld tools to pan, dig and mine tiny claims to suppliment their income. "It used to be that people would just dig behind the house. It was not too degrading," says Michael Ali, Director of Mining for the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana.

EITI Brief: Chinese companies reporting in EITI implementing

Chinese companies are continuously expanding their presence in the Peruvian mining sector, and one third of the mining sector is currently controlled by Chinese interests. In late 2013, PetroChina acquired Petrobras's assets in the country worth at least USD 2 billion, which included two major production fields (Lot X and Lot 58). There are 14 Chinese

Environmental Impact of Illegal Mining in Ghana (Part 1)

22.03.2021Uncontrolled small-scale and illegal mining activities popularly known as "galamsey" in Ghana are alarming each passing day. More people are engaging in this illegal mining, which is, mining without any permit or license from the regulatory bodies such as the Minerals Commission of Ghana.

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24.02.2017Chinese In Africa || illegal Chinese Gold Mining In Ghana

The Big Problem with Chinese Gold Mining in Ghana

02.08.2019Gold mines built by Chinese investors have destroyed water bodies in the heart of Ghana, Africa's second-largest gold producer. River pollution caused by digging up the surrounding land areas have led to deforestation,

Learning from experiences around controversial Chinese mining

recent academic research has found, however, that outside of china, the growth of the number of chinese mining operations has been slow and that in 2018, chinese companies controlled only around three per cent of global mineral production.6such a percentage figure would suggest that, despite china being the dominant importer of minerals traded

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Chinese Participation in Ghana's Informal Gold Mining

The use of chanfans and excavators are innovations brought into the Ghanaian illegal mining landscape by the Chinese illegal miners as a way of mechanising galamsey activities in the country

Ghana arrests Chinese for 'illegal mining'

06/06/2013At least 124 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining have been detained in Ghana, officials say. Chinese officials said most of those detained were mining illegally without

Dig for gold in Ghana at your own risk, Chinese miners warned

20.02.2019At the height of the miners' gold rush in 2012-13, more than 30,000 Chinese were mining Ghanaian gold, according to an earlier report by the Global Times, a newspaper owned by Communist Party

DRC: Lessons from Ghana's dealings with illegal Chinese mining

29.09.2021In South Kivu province, the governor banned six small-scale Chinese-owned companies operating illegally. These events in the DRC mirror events in Ghana a few years back when the government formed an inter-ministerial task force to crack down on illegal foreign miners that nabbed and deported about 4,592 Chinese nationals in 2013.

Ghana Takes Action Against Illegal Chinese Miners

09-11-2013Now these Chinese migrants have set their sights on the Ghanaian galamsey (artisanal gold miner). According to the South China Morning Post, nearly 50 000 illegal prospectors have left China for Ghana since 2005. According to the Ghana Immigration Service, these migrants use tourist visas to enter Ghana via neighbouring countries.

Ghana arrests Chinese for 'illegal mining'

06.06.2013At least 124 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining are detained in Ghana's capital, Accra, officials say.

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26.10.2022The South China Morning Post estimates that over 50,000 Chinese goldminers have been to Ghana since 2005, two-thirds of them from Shanglin, an impoverished county in southern Guangxi province where news of the gold rush spread by word of mouth.

Ghana Takes Action Against Illegal Chinese Miners

09/11/2013The recent events leading to the arrest and death of Chinese illegal miners in Ghana reveal three key issues. Firstly, China as an emerging power and Africa's main economic partner is on a perpetual quest to reposition itself and influence the continent. However, it is also engaged in a determined search for new resources to exploit.

Activists in Ghana lead fight against China

13.10.2019China has promised Ghana billions of dollars' worth of infrastructure projects in exchange for access to mine bauxite; Ghana has the world's fastest deforestation rate – and mining is a

Ghana cracks down on Chinese illegal mining

Ghana cracks down on Chinese illegal mining Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Xan Rice in Lagos Ghana has arrested 124 Chinese for illegal mining in the largest such crackdown yet, highlighting

Ghana arrests Chinese for 'illegal mining'

06.06.2013At least 124 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining have been detained in Ghana, officials say. Chinese officials said most of those detained were

Chinese gold miners

The 1850s gold rush attracted many Chinese people to Australia in search of fortune. In this scene, diggers methodically search for gold using various devices and techniques. Chinese miners are using a sluice box and puddling mill to search for gold, while another miner, at left, has a massage, for relief after physically demanding work.

Ghana Cracks Down on Chinese Gold Miners

11/06/2013A dream of wealth in a far-off land has been turned on its head for hundreds of Chinese gold miners in Ghana. At least 169 of them were rounded up by the government this month, accused of

Ghana Takes Action Against Illegal Chinese Miners

09.11.2013The recent events leading to the arrest and death of Chinese illegal miners in Ghana reveal three key issues. Firstly, China as an emerging power and Africa's main economic partner is on a perpetual quest to reposition itself and influence the continent. However, it is also engaged in a determined search for new resources to exploit.

Internet governance in Africa: Impact on Africa

IGF 2010VILNIUS, LITHUANIA15 SEPTEMBER 10SESSION 1460900INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA *****Note: The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during Fifth Meeting of the IGF, in Vilnius. Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors. It is posted as an

The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana

24.04.2013The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana documentary | Guardian Investigations 4,351,980 views Apr 24, 2013 Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese

Illegal mining by Chinese in Ghana that Ghanaians can't do in China

04.05.2022The fight has been fruitless because some chiefs and politicians are behind it. Unpatriotic Ghanaian chiefs and politicians secretly engage Chinese nationals in illegal mining in Ghana, for

Mining Of Gold In Ghana Overview

26/06/2019The only restriction to participate in the mining industry in Ghana by an entity incorporated by a foreigner is that it cannot engage in operations relating to industrial minerals unless it commits in its proposed programme to invest at least TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$10,000,000.00) in the operations.

Influx of Chinese goldminers sparks tensions in Ghana

23.04.2013But the Guardian filmed dozens of Chinese miners entering a PMMC-licensed agent in Dunkwa, a gold-producing centre in Ghana's central region, each leaving with plastic bags full of what

Chinese gold mining company in Ghana accused of stealing gold

31.08.2022According to the Sydney Morning Herald, gold miners in Ghana have accused a Chinese company of stealing gold and suspected it killed 16 locals.. Sydney Morning Herald's report revealed a dispute between a Chinese mining company and an Australian business over the Talensi gold mine in northern Ghana.. In 2017, Cassius, an Australian

Chinese prostitutes invade Ghana

21-03-2014Two Chinese nationals arrested in connection with trade in Takoradi and Tema, Huang Si Hui, 49 and Li Jiang Ping, 29, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for alleged human trafficking. The two, who are also managers of Jang-Mi Restaurant Limited, are facing seven counts of human Trafficking contrary to the Criminal Offences Act.

Illegal mining: Ban Chinese from entering Ghana, says Jantuah

03/10/2022. Watch the full programme in the attached video below: Although Ghana requires permits to mine on a small scale, it is estimated that about 70% of small-scale miners are unregistered and operate illegally. They are known locally as galamsey, meaning to "gather and sell".

Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese

29-01-2020The Chinese dominate the supply chain of illegal small-scale mining with their financial, technical, managerial acumen, the sale and transfer of gold proceeds, and political patronage. This dominance accounts for the massive negative social, economic, environmental, and political impact of illegal small-scale mining in the country.

In Ghana's gold country, Chinese miners flee crackdown

03.12.2015A small-scale mining site once mined by Chinese miners is pictured on June 15, 2013 in Dunkwa-on-Offin in the center of Ghana. Ghana's government last month sent a task force of soldiers, police

Only two Chinese citizens in Ghana's prisons despite hundreds

20.07.2022Only two Chinese citizens in Ghana's prisons despite hundreds arrested for illegal mining By: Seth J. Bokpe Date: July 20, 2022 On May 10, 2021, three men stood in the dock in the quietude of the Koforidua Circuit Court, awaiting their fate. Their options were limited. It was either freedom or prison.

Residents of Sefwi

03-12-2020Residents of Sefwi-Anhwiaso demonstrate against Chinese illegal Mining activities On Dec 3, 2020 The residents of Sefwi Anhwiaso a farming community in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have demonstrated against illegal mining activities in the Sefwi-Anhwiaso East Forest Reserve.