Gold, guns and China: Ghana's fight to end galamsey
Illegal small-scale mining has long proliferated across Ghana, Africa's second and the world's tenth largest gold exporter. But recent foreign investment coupled with industrialisation has significantly exacerbated its negative effects. Many more people, including thousands from China, have been drawn into the sector.
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's …
doi: 10.1111/imig.12518 South-South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold Rush in Ghana Gabriel Botchwey*, Gordon Crawford**,***, Nicholas Loubere**** and Jixia Lu***** ABSTRACT This article examines irregular South-South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it played in transforming livelihoods and broader developmental landscapes.
Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining …
In Ghana, the number of Chinese citizens involved in illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply in recent years. Reports suggest that since 2005, as many as 50,000 gold …
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 ...
Cardinal Namdini Gold mine in Ghana commissioned
He explained that although Ghana had been associated with gold mining for many years, literature and conventional teachings had made the people to believe that gold was only found in Southern Ghana. "This mine we commission today, is evidence of the power of exploration as the lifeblood of the mining industry," President Akufo-Addo said.
Gold Rush: Illegal mining fuelled by Chinese Nationals in …
Data from the Ghana Immigration Service reveals that a total of 1641 Chinese nationals engaged in illegal mining were repatriated from Ghana between 2009 and 2022. The …
Chinese Investment in Bauxite Mining in Ghana Has Led to …
A road snakes through the Atewa forest in Ghana on Sept. 5, 2019. The road was built by the Ghanaian government to allow researchers to sample soil ahead of the start of mining operations.
Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining …
This paper brings some clarity to the debate on Chinese participation in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. Over the past decade, tens of thousands of Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana, where they have proceeded to extract gold, for the most part undeterred, illicitly.
2021 PERFORMANCE REPORT OF THE MINING …
Published by the Ghana Chamber of Mines Ghana Chamber of Mines | #18 Gulf Street, South Legon | P.O. Box 991, Accra, Ghana communications@ghanachamberofmines In the Euro Area, a string of positive economic growth outturns accelerated the Area's recovery from its worst recession in nearly two decades.
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is …
Ghana Grapples With Scourge of Chinese-led …
Dr. George Manful, a former senior official in Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency, warned that Chinese-led mining operations typically use chemicals such as mercury, cyanide and nitric acid to separate …
Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: …
Since the early 2000s, about 50,000 Chinese gold miners have migrated to Ghana to engage in small-scale mining (locally known as galamsey), defined as the exploitation of mineral deposits through the use of rudimentary …
Four killed in blast at Chinese-owned quarry in Ghana
At least four people were killed, including one Chinese national, in an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana owned by Chinese company Omni Quarries late on Saturday, local officials said ...
(PDF) 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 chieftaincy and customary land institutions) enables …
Newmont's Akyem gold mine in Ghana draws …
Newmont Corp. has kicked off the sale of its Akyem gold mine in Ghana, which is attracting interest from potential bidders including Chinese producers amid soaring prices for the metal, people ...
What drives Chinese migrants to Ghana: it's not …
For instance, in China, people are labelled by the "hukou", a residency registration system that classifies people as urban or rural. But in Ghana that doesn't apply – they are not treated ...
Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: Chinese Migrants in Ghana
The findings indicate that the migration of Chinese people to Ghana has both positive and negative impacts. Positively, incomes and livelihoods of some Chinese migrants and Ghanaians who work for ...
Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold …
Growing attention paid to the environmental impacts associated with informal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Ghana has sparked debate about the recent …
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, but it has an illegal mining …
Small-scale mining in Ghana supports over 6 million livelihoods. ... a large number of Chinese investors and miners entered Ghana's gold market. ... It is difficult for people to comply with ...
Promises and Pitfalls: China's Financing of the Atewa Bauxite Mining …
The Implications of Ghana's Atiwa Bauxite Mining Project and Chinese Funding. Bauxite is a valuable mineral used to produce aluminum products that range from teaspoons to fighter jets. It has been mined in Ghana since before the country's independence, when the British sourced bauxite from the southwestern Gold Coast.
[WEEK IN REVIEW] Illegal Chinese Miners in Ghana Have …
China's new ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, spoke out forcefully this week to condemn the ongoing problem of illegal mining in the country and issued a fresh warning to his compats that if they are caught breaking the law, the embassy will not be there to bail them out. ... So, we discourage Chinese people doing this illegal mining. But I ...
Chinese people in Ghana
Migration of Chinese people in Ghana dates back to the 1940s. Originally, most came from Hong Kong; migration from mainland China began only in the 1980s.
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
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 push factors in the homeland and pull factors associated with Ghanaian state weakness. The Chinese dominate the supply chain of illegal small-scale
The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …
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 the sector, much …
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
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 push factors in the homeland and pull factors associated with Ghanaian state weakness.
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 December 4 sentenced Huang to 4½ …
The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …
The research examined two forms of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining in Ghana. The first entailed the influx from 2006 of irregular Chinese migrants into the main area of alluvial gold mining in southern Ghana. These miners came predominantly from Shanglin County in Guangxi province and became known as the 'Shanglin gang'.
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.
Three people killed in clash between illegal miners, security …
Two security personnel and one civilian were killed in an attack by illegal miners at the Asanko gold mine, in Ghana, over the weekend. The mine is a 50:50 joint venture between JSE-listed Gold ...
Ghana Grapples With Scourge of Chinese-led Illegal Gold Mining
According to Ghana's mining sector regulator, small-scale operations produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the first seven months of 2024, more than the 2023 total. ... Attorney General and Minister for Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame said in September 2024 that 76 people, including 18 foreign nationals, have been convicted of illegal mining ...