Small-scale Mining Legislation In Ghana

GHANA LANDSCAPE RESTORATION AND SMALL …

PROJECT RATIONALE. The Government of Ghana (GoG) has in recent years initiated several sectoral reforms to address the challenges in agricultural productivity, forest landscapes management, and sustainable small-scale mining (SSM). Tere is clear cogniance. Significantly, there is now increasing global recognition that integrated …

(PDF) Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining

Illegal small-scale mining and processing activities (ASM) have led to a vast area of degraded, contaminated, and abandoned local-community lands, posing a major environmental concern in many ...

Ghana's government focuses on reforming small-scale mining

Ghana's small-scale artisanal gold mining sector was first legalised in 1989 with the promulgation of the Small-scale Gold Mining Act, which established the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation (PMMC), the industry's main marketer and the sole buyer of small-scale gold and diamond mining output. The law was replaced with the Minerals and ...

THE GHANA CHAMBER OF MINES

Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2020, gold accounted for 97.2 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective shares of manganese, bauxite and diamond were. 2.25 per cent, 0.54 per cent and 0.01 per cent.

Small scale miners welcome new mining law

The amended Minerals and Mining Act, 2015 (Act 900) and the Minerals Commission Act, 1993 (Act 450) will see persons culpable for illegal mining in Ghana, convicted to a minimum of 15 years and ...

Sustainable small-scale gold mining in Ghana: setting …

The following provisions in the law amplify the definition of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: (1) The size of the area in respect of which a licence may be granted under this law. shall not ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana Evidence to …

Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy make it one of the nation's most important livelihood activities, directly employing an estimated one million people and supporting approximately 4.5 million more. yet the majority of miners …

SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING LAW, 1989 (PNDCL 218)

Qualification of applicants for small-scale gold mining licence. 2. Subject to subsections (1) and (2) of section 75 of the Minerals and Mining Law, 1986 (PNDCL 153) no licence for small-scale gold mining operation shall be granted to - (a) any person who is not a citizen of Ghana; (b) any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years; or

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …

2006 (Act 703). This requires that a small-scale mining license applicant must be a citizen of Ghana and must be at least 18 years old. The duration of a small-scale mining license is five years and renewable upon satisfactory performance during the first term (Minerals Commission 2015). Note that artisanal and small-scale

Small Scale Mining Laws in the Philippines – Policies

Engaging in small-scale mining requires a declaration of a Minahang Bayan ("nation's mine") and award of a Small-Scale Mining Contract before the conduct of small-scale mining operations. The law limits production to 50,000 metric tons annually over a contract area of 20 hectares. RA 7076 applies to gold, silver and chromite for metallic ...

Small-scale mining licence procedure transparent

By GNA. 23.04.2016 LISTEN. Accra, April 22, GNA - The Minerals Commission says its procedure for the grant of small-scale mining license is transparent, neutral and based on merit. In a statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency, the Commission said the small scale mining license acquisition process is guided by the …

Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

Through Insights we provide cutting edge articles on important areas of laws in Ghana of interest to governments, companies and individuals. Lom Ahlijah, Edmund Akrong and Abigail Adikah EN

GOVERNING ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING …

Abstract. This paper explains longitudinal and spatial variation in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) governance in Ghana. While Ghana's ASM sector has, since 2006, witnessed varying clampdown measures, amid periods of tolerance, clampdown measures target only southern miners. This paper draws upon triangulated field interviews to argue ...

The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in …

The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana. March 29, 2020 JPEG. People have been mining for gold in Ghana for centuries. Long before European colonists set foot in the area in the …

A Contextual Analysis of Implementation Challenges …

Abstract. This study examines the implementation challenges of small-scale mining laws in the Bekwai Municipality of Ghana. The study adopted the qualitative …

WB needs action for gender equality in artisanal, small scale mining

Women account for about one-third of the artisanal and small-scale mining workforce, which supplies minerals essential to modern technologies and the global energy transition. But gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and disregard for health, safety, and social protection limit the rights and economic opportunities of women ...

Government's ban on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Prior to the total ban on small-scale mining activities in Ghana in 2017 (Eduful et al., 2020; Osei et al., 2021), the GWC officials had warned that the country risked importing water from ...

The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …

By law, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM) in Ghana is 'reserved for Ghanaians' and has long been an indigenous livelihood activity using rudimentary1 methods. Any foreign presence has been limited to nationals from neighbouring West African countries. Yet from 2010 onwards, the arrival

Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the …

The 1989 laws established a supply chain of registered actors though the market (Ghana Government, 1989a, Ghana Government, 1989b, Ghana Government, 1989c; 2006).However, Ghana's small-scale gold mining and gold market has become populated by more unregistered market actors than registered ones as actors skirt …

Ghana needs to rethink its small-scale mining strategy

Ghana is among the top two gold producers in Africa. What has caught little attention, however, is the fact that more than 35 per cent of total gold output in Ghana comes from artisanal and small-scale miners. Artisanal and small-scale mining is estimated to support the livelihoods of some 4.5 million Ghanaians, about 12 per cent of …

R.A. 7076

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7076 June 27, 1991. AN ACT CREATING A PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the "People's Small-scale Mining Act of 1991." Section 2. …

Public Administration, Governance, and Illegal Small …

First Online: 01 January 2023. 4 Accesses. Download reference work entry PDF. Synonyms. Ghana; Governance; Natural resources management; Public administration; …

Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: The Government and the Galamsey …

The small-scale mining laws set a process for Ghanaians above 18 years to obtain a small-scale mining license for a parcel of land ( Teschner, 2012 ). In reality, this process is cumbersome and ...

Regulations

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MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA

The Small-Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDC Law 218), the Mercury Law (PNDC Law 217) and the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Law (PNDC Law 219) were passed in …

Small-Scale Mining Business In Ghana: Challenges And …

Small-scale mining is essentially an artisanal or small industrial form of raw material extraction. In Ghana, there are about 300 registered small-scale mining groups and they constitute a major source of employment especially for small-scale gold and diamond miners, and contribute some foreign exchange to Ghana's economy.

Hold small-scale miners to reclamation of lands

JUN 4, 2021 LISTEN. Some traditional leaders in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality and Amansie West District of Ashanti are advocating for government to introduce a reclamation bond in the small-scale mining. This, they believed, was the way to go to restore degraded mine sites, lost nutrients and minerals in soils, to effectively deal with ...

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Ghana – …

Though formal gold mining has now come to dominate gold mining in Ghana, a significant part of the gold output comes from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). The sector's contribution to the national gold production has increased steadily from 2.2 per cent in 1989 to about 34 per cent in 2014 (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2014) 1

The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana

Within the study area of southwestern Ghana, our results indicate that approximately 47,000 ha (⨦2218 ha) of vegetation were converted to mining at an average rate of ~2600 ha yr -1. The results indicate that a high percentage (~50%) of this mining occurred between 2014 and 2017. Around 700 ha of this mining occurred within …

Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization …

Artisanal and small-scale mining for example accounted for 43% of Ghana's total gold production in 2018 (Adu-Baffour et al., 2021). Ghana was one of the first …