This paper offers an alternative viewpoint on why people choose to engage in artisanal mining – the low tech mineral extraction and processing of mainly precious metals and stones – for extended periods in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing upon experiences from Akwatia, Ghana's epicentre of diamond production since the mid-1920s, the analysis …

While large-scale mining activities, particularly gold more acutely as downstream recipients of some of effluent mining, have brought significant foreign direct investment, from the Akwatia mines. foreign exchange, and employment opportunities, a con- current increase in artisanal mining has widened the Due to the unpredictability in diamond ...

DOI: 10.1016/J.RESOURPOL.2005.08.001 Corpus ID: 56355903; Multiple scales of diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana: addressing environmental and human development impact @article{Yelpaala2005MultipleSO, title={Multiple scales of diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana: addressing environmental and human development impact}, …

Over the course of the past half-decade, artisanal miners in Ghana's major alluvial diamond fields of Akwatia have shifted to gold mining or a combination of gold …

The gold dealer in Akwatia, paid on January 10th, 2016, the gold price close to the current gold price on the world markets. ... In this article, we will delve into the captivating story of Ghana's gold mining heritage, tracing its origins, exploring its impact, and celebrating the legacy it has left behind. Frank, RCD Wealth associate in Ghana;

Ashanti Kingdom (one of the kingdoms in Ghana), for barter and as a treasure. Diamond and gold mining has been practiced in Ghana since the pre-independence era. In diamondiferous areas like Akwatia, the forefathers of Ghana used diamond to decorate their rooms and headgear. The mining was done along the banks of rivers and streams by

The Obuasi gold mine is owned by AngloGold Ashanti. Image courtesy of MyGhanaonline. The Obuasi gold mine, located 200km north-west of Accra in Ghana, was the major asset of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC), established in London in 1897. AGC started underground mining in 1907. Lonrho purchased AGC in 1969 and the …

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While illegal small-scale gold mining brings benefits such as employment and revenue, the activity also brings about concomitant negative consequences for the environment (Tom-Dery et al, 2012). ... (2010), in a study showed that local diamond miners in Akwatia, Eastern Region, worked in surrounding gold mines mainly to alleviate their economic ...

Multiple scales of diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana: addressing environmental and human development impact Kaakpema Yelpaalaa,b, Saleem H. Alic,d,* ... While large-scale gold mining has seen a significant increase, artisanal gold and diamond mining product have grown exponentially. While much research has been conducted on gold mining in …

Akwatia, Ghana', Journal of Rural Studies 26, 3 (2010), pp. 296-307; Gavin Hilson, 'Artisanal ... ARTISANAL FRONTIER GOLD MINING IN AFRICA 299 production. In the brutal civil wars in Angola,10 Sierra Leone/1 and Liberia,12 diamonds were sold to finance warlords' activities, invading

The country has a long tradition of gold mining with an estimated 2,488 metric tons (80 million ounces) of gold. produced between the first documentation of gold mining in 1493 and 1997 (Kesse ...

The gold dealer in Akwatia, paid on January 10th, 2016, the gold price close to the current gold price on the world markets. ... There is a simple rule at Start Your Own Gold Mine: if we can help you, we do, whenever and wherever necessary, and it's the way we've been doing business since 2002, and the only way we know. Full name: E-mail: Phone ...

gold was won through panning in rivers, but the bulk of Abuakwa ore was. produced by the centuries- old technique of pit mining, known in recent years. as artisanal small-scale mining. According ...

The erstwhile Ghana Consolidated Diamond Limited GCDL at Akwatia in the Eastern region, which collapsed in 2007 and rendered over 800 workers jobless, has been revamped. ... away from diamond mining to gold as a result of the better market prices prevailing for gold, it is undisputed that the moribund situation of the major …

For example, in his writings, Macdonald (1896) simply refers to Akyem Abuakwa as "auriferous Akim": by 1852, gold mining had, indeed, become a principal source of livelihood for the Abuakwa people. Moreover, ... Mining royalties for Akwatia in 1937 were estimated at £3500, of which the share for Asamankese, which represented a …

This figure could be even lower today, given Ghana's fast-depleting reserves of accessible alluvial stones, and the growing popularity of small-scale gold mining as an alternative livelihood ...

This article examines diamond mining and trading along Ghana's Birim River. Gem Encyclopedia. ... Akwatia was one of the most productive diamond spots on the planet. Diamonds were discovered at …

Diamonds are mined from alluvial sources mainly from the Birim Diamond field at Akwatia and the Bonsa diamond field in the Eastern and Western regions respectively. ... on Environment and Development (1992) Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992. 94 [42] Yankson PWK (2010) Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa …

of legitimacy. But the lasting economic impacts it has had in Akwatia, the country's principal diamond-producing locality, have been overlooked. Ghana is far from being a world-class producer of diamonds, and, prior to the ban, investor confidence and foreign investment in Akwatia were al-ready dwindling. The ban depressed local prices for ...

Using qualitative approaches in the study of land degradation caused by small-scale mining operations in Akwatia, we found that the myth that diamonds regenerate and the soul of …

This paper provides some insights into the in extricable linkage. between sustainable development and illegal gold mining p opularly referred to as. "galamsey" and examines the effectiveness ...

largest gold producer after South A frica, with gold exports accountin g for more th an 40% of total export e arnings (Berger, 200 8; Airo, 2009). Over th e past t en decad es, Ghanaian gold p ...

Indeed, while the environmental impact of diamond mining in Akwatia is not linked to environmental contamination from mercury (as is found in artisanal gold mining), the …

Second, unlike small-scale gold mining, small-scale diamond mining is not viewed as a priority economic area in Ghana. Many interviewees explained that, because of this, the government has overlooked the needs of Akwatia, where many residents and former employees of GCD have been in extensive negotiations with the company over …

Even though a number of welcome studies have been conducted on the Akwatia diamond fields (see for example Amankwah and Anim-Sackey, 2003, Nyame and Danso, 2006, Nyame and Grant, 2009, Yelpaala and Ali, 2005, Yelpaala and Ali, 2006), this article builds upon recent work on the movement of alluvial diamond miners into gold …

The 50 gold mining companies of the 1930s had shrunk to 11 by 1948. Despite the fact that post- 1945 gold production reached a peak in 1960, largely thanks to Obuasi produc- ... diamond operations at Akwatia remain unprofi-table despite drastic employment reductions and without taking into account the considerable environmental damage they ...

This article examines the for the accusations of Ghana's implication in the smuggling of illicit monds, and draws on recent fieldwork to explain how the suspension affected Akwatia, …

The abandoned Soagum wash plant, the local sluice for washing gold ores, in Akwatia, Ghana - This is abandoned Soagum, wash plant, to process ores containing gold particles. It has been used by small scale miners in Akwatia, Ghana. This plant is worth few hundreds of dollars. It can process quickly large volume of ores.

Yelpaala and Ali (2005) examined large and small-scale mining in Ghana's largest diamond mining town, Akwatia, and their impact on environmental degradation, health and livelihood of artisanal ...