Methods The study is set in Ghana's central (Mumford, Opetekwei) and eastern (Anyako, Anyanui-Atiteti) coastlines. ... In Ghana, terrestrial sand mining in rural and peri-urban areas negatively ...
However, the process of sand mining has accelerated coastal environmental degradation to an alarming rate in many areas. As a result the …
Gold mining in Ghana, 1957–1983. By 1950–51, the value of gold output in the Gold Coast was some two thirds of that of ten years earlier. Of the 50 gold mining companies based in Ghana in the 1930s, only 11 were still in operation some 20 years later, and most of their mines had deteriorated.
Sand mining, which in Ghana is referred to as 'sand winning', is the collection and transport of fragments of sand and gravel as raw material for construction of roads, bridges and built facilities for accommodation or other purposes. Sand and …
The findings reveal that mining has been a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana, contributing to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) through foreign exchange earnings, investment ...
The high incidence of "galamsey" or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some time now and has perplexed the minds of the general public in Ghana.
A study of pre-colonial and contemporary methods of gold mining in Ghana David Amaldi Department of History, University of Ghana, P.O. Box 12, Legon, Accra, Ghana. Email: david_amaldi@yahoo. Accepted 23 August, 2015 The advent of colonialism and the introduction of modern scientific mining in Ghana during the last decade of the
In Ghana, sand mining can create or destroy the livelihoods of people in urban and rural areas. This paper examines the interaction between sand mining and land-based …
Sand mining in coastal Ghana. Sand mining refers to the extraction of sand from an open pit from agricultural or forest lands, beaches, inland dunes, ... Benoot et al. …
In this qualitative dominant mixed-methods study, 15 key informants and 48 ... Peprah (2013) investigated "sand winning and land degradation: perspectives of indigenous sand winners of Wa, Ghana." Though the first study to unravel the environmental implications of sand ... implications of sand mining as well as views of other stakeholders ...
A subset of this research uses GIS and remote sensing methods to map the extent ... (n = 15, 473.0 km 2), sand (n ... S. M. Challenges with eradicating illegal mining in Ghana: A perspective from ...
The sand mining budget of the VMD ranged from 8.5 to 45.7 Mm 3 /yr. The large difference is due to the use of different methods to determine the sand mining …
Ghana has a lot of sand and an eager sand mining workforce, despite it often being illegal. Miners can get violent when confronted by authorities, because it's a lucrative business (a sand contractor in Ghana made a minimum of $55.47 per day in 1993 when the minimum daily wage was $1.22).
In Ghana, mining legislation is gender blind. ... Unlike the shallow alluvial mining, 2 colluvial mining usually involves the extraction of mineralised rocks or sand in abandoned mining pits that exceeds 3 metres. Local miners call this type of mining method Chang Fa mining or operations because of the use of Chinese mill machines …
tainable sand mining comes at the expense of other economic actors, such as farmers in communities closer to the mining sites. terrestrial sand mining is linked with unrestrained land-use changes and a drastic reduction in agricultural activities (asare et al., 2023). this is because sand mining competes with
For this mining method, gold ore or the mineralised sand is transported to the processing sites, where the water used for sluicing is pumped from the abandoned mining pits lled with water or a nearby
From our analysis, the first published article on sand mining is the comprehensive analysis by Mensah from 1997, discussing the causes and effects of coastal sand mining in Ghana. Only two articles on sand mining were published in the 2010′s (Zabbey et al., 2008; Abam, 2004) meaning that 90 % of the literature is published within …
Mining hot spots. Sand mining took off only decades ago. The method of extraction depends on where the sand is located. On land or along rivers, it is often dug up with backhoes, shovels or bare ...
Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result, the recent 2 decades have witnessed a global surge in research on post-mining landscape restoration, yielding a suite of techniques including physical, chemical, …
2.57 per cent, 0.42 per cent and 0.03 per cent. The prevalent methods of mining in the country are underground and open-pit mining. Alluvial mining is also popular in the small-scale gold sub-sector. Following a period of general economic decline in the 1970s to mid-1980s, Ghana's mining industry recovered on the back of market-based
Abstract. Sand is a crucial resource for the construction of urban infrastructure and constitutes an integral part of the built environment. In Ghana, …
Since coastal sand serves as a barrier between the sea and the land, uncontrolled sand mining (known as "sand winning" in Ghana) causes a range of coastal environmental …
Sand mining is a type of open-cast mining that provides material for the construction sector in Ghana. The construction sector in the coastal areas of Ghana relies heavily on coastal sand and pebbles in the building of houses, bridges and roads.
It sets out the licensing regime for gold mining in Ghana, the rights of a mining leaseholder, as well as the objects and powers of regulatory institutions in the industry, including the Ministry of Mines and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission, among others. Principal Institutions Regulating the Industry
This article compares and contrasts the pre-colonial methods of mining with modern artisanal or small-scale mining popularly known in Ghana as galamsey and also provide reasons to explain why traditional or pre-colonial mining is still vibrant in the gold-rich Akanland in modern-day Ghana.
A variety of methods are adopted for alluvial sand extraction. Kondolf et al. described several methods for the extraction of sand from the active channels and floodplain/terraces of riverine environments.3.3.1 Active Channels. Instream sand and gravel mining (Plate 3.2) has been carried out by the following methods: (a) Bar …
2.2.1. Coastal sand and stone mining survey Sand mining surveys were carried out to estimate the quan-tity (volume) of sand that is lifted from the study area in a given period. Preliminary observations indicated that six beaches were used by tipper-truck-based sand miners for their operations along the study area. Three of these sand
Placer mining is used to exploit loosely cons olidated deposits like common sand and g ravel or ... mining methods practised in most ... decision making for gold mining in Ghana. View. ...
Different mining methods pose different threats to biodiversity. ... While stone, sand and gravel mining moves most earth, the geochemistry of metal ores (and reagents used to extract and ...
Illegal mining is supported by weak law enforcement and corrupt law enforcement practices (Mensah & Mattah, 2023). Sand mining, on the other hand, has …
In Ghana, most residents of sand mining areas are employed in land-based livelihoods, particularly farming. ... Study areas and methods. The study was conducted in two sand mining communities, one in the Ga South Municipality (Fig. 1) in the Greater Accra Region and the other in Gomoa East District (Fig. 2) in the Central Region of …
Support Schemes for Small-scale Mining in Ghana 12 Environmental Impact of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana 15 Land Use Disputes Between Large- and Small-scale Miners 18 Regulatory Framework for Small-scale Mining in Ghana 21 Contact Information 24 Background Reading 25 Grey Literature, Reports and Unpublished Studies 25 ...
Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the ...
The study used a concurrent mixed-methods approach to collect quantitative data from 278 heads, qualitative data from 30 key informants, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) sessions with women and youth associations. ... Formal institutional structure for sand mining in Ghana. The principal law that regulates mining in Ghana …
Coast and Moree coastline of Ghana. The study employed the purposive sampling technique: 100 respondents were engaged from the selected study areas through simple random sampling method. Inter-views, Focus group discussions, observations and questionnaire were the main instruments used. The study revealed that beach sand …
Sand is considered one of the most consumed natural resource, being essential to many industries, including building construction, electronics, plastics, and water filtration. This paper assesses the environmental impact of sand extraction and the problems associated with its illegal exploitation. The analysis indicates that extracting …
Sand mining is a type of open-cast mining that provides material for the construction sector in Ghana. The construction sector in the coastal areas of Ghana relies heavily on coastal sand and ...
Water use and energy consumption in mining have been identified as two key business risks by the mining industry. Further, it is identified that future availability of water supply is a significant risk for the hard rock mining sector and a range of treatment methods for mitigating the impending risk are essential as competition for access to …
Despite the falling share of mineral rents in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the mining industry has made major contributions to Ghana's revenue. Government income from manganese reached ...
Sand and gravel winning activities have existed in Ghana for many years but have intensified within the last ten years, 'particularly in the southern part of the country due to the relatively high ...