The Minerals Commission of Ghana identified the ALPs in 2002 as a way of alleviating these problems. The Commission has therefore made it an obligation for all mining companies to assist their ...
In the Ghana context, it is important to note the distinction between CBAs established between mining companies and host communities that were the focus of our research, and what are termed 'development agreements' concluded between the national government and mining companies (Article 49, Minerals and Mining Act of Ghana, …
Abstract. This chapter will assess the potential for multi-stakeholder partnerships between mining companies, NGOs, local communities, and local government to foster community-level development in Ghana. Although such partnerships have been attempted in other resource-rich African countries such as South Africa and the …
Gold Fields Ghana's community investments are managed by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, which receives 1.5% of our mines' pre-tax profits and US$1 for every ounce of gold sold by them. During 2018, the …
This chapter will assess the potential for multi-stakeholder partnerships between mining companies, NGOs, local communities, and local government to foster community-level development in Ghana ...
In fact companies registered under the Free Zone in Ghana enjoy duty exemption on all imports. This concession is in recognition of the capital intensive nature of mining investment. Applying the customs duty of about 20% on such inputs will adversely affect the cash flow of the companies.
This article discusses the findings of a study on mining and its social impacts on Kenyasi, a mining community in Ghana and other nearby …
ASM is the supplier of minerals for the Jewelry Industry in Ghana. Serve as Precursors to Large Scale Exploration Companies (Pathfinders) Contribution towards Community Development through Implementation of CSR projects. ASM Contributed 43% (2.1 million oz) of total gold production in 2018, 36% in 2019, 30% in 2020 and.
The situation in the communities hosting large-scale mining in Ghana and elsewhere has led the governments and extractive companies alike to recognize the need to ensure a positive impact of extraction in the host communities (Arrellano-Yanguas, 2011) and obtain a consent from the affected communities to operate—the social license to …
This paper, through an ethnographic research approach, examines the …
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 adjustment policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Amongst others, the Structural Adjustment Programme
We currently operate four plants in our Concession in Fanteakwa and Atiwa District in Ghana. We were founded on June 16, 1993, as Kibi Goldfields Limited. Over the years, we became just Kibi Goldfields or Kibi and built a history. We pioneered Ghana as a large-scale alluvial mining operator, sharing the passion for our business.
A recent report by the World Gold Council found that gold mining contributed some US$78 billion in gross economic value added and 530,000 direct jobs in the 15 leading gold producing countries. …
Community Reforestation, Ghana. The project is restoring degraded forest reserves in Ghana with teak, indigenous trees and natural forest in riparian buffer zones, following the principles and criteria of the Forest …
In Ghana, mining companies must pay up to 5% of their total revenues as royalties to the state, and of that, the government transfers 20% to the Minerals Development Fund.
In order to reduce environmental degradation and contribute more to wider sustainable …
A key issue is the lack of robust monitoring and evaluation systems related to mining community benefits agreements. Parallel to that is the lack of enforcement provisions. A study of three mining communities in Ghana reveals the shortcomings of mining community benefit agreements. These include fragmentation and co-optation, …
The findings reported here were part of a larger study examining community and company relations in the gold mining sector of the Wassa West District of Ghana (E.A. Aubynn, 2003). This part of Ghana (see Fig. 1) contains the largest concentration of surface gold mining activity in the country with an estimated 70% of total unoccupied …
GNA. Mbaampehia (WR), July 5, GNA – Two Community mining sites have been opened to encourage responsible, inclusive and sustainable small scale mining in the Western Region. Unregulated small scale mining by both local and foreign nationals had caused massive destruction to Ghana's environment, especially water bodies and forest reserves.
The Ewoyaa lithium project is located approximately 100km south-west of Ghana's capital city Accra. The project area covers two contiguous licences, namely Mankessim (RL 3/55) and Mankessim South (PL3/109). The Mankessim licence area lies within the Birimian Supergroup, a Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary basin in western …
NADeF and the Obuasi Community Trust Fund were selected as cases …
In order to reduce environmental degradation and contribute more to wider sustainable development efforts, mining and oil companies in Ghana undertake different projects in affected...
Ghana is one of the world's top-10 gold producers and the second largest in Africa. As such, the mining industry is a major economic driving force: it is the biggest single contributor to government revenues and a leading source of export earnings. A wave of investments in recent years has boosted production and improved cost
As argued earlier, mining company worldviews on "the community" is important in understanding and explaining current CD practices. Paradigms or ontologies describe how companies see and explain the "objective" realities of communities (Wiering and Arts 2006). At the ontological …
In Ghana, community development is regarded by mine local communities as the most important aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), to the extent that often community development is perceived to be a statutory responsibility of mining companies. Consequently, mine local communities demand for more and more, …
If mining companies offer to add expertise and resources to address an issue previously identified by the community as important, perhaps mining companies could earn sufficient trust to be viewed as a valuable partner in sustainable development projects. Mining's stakeholders, including community leaders, government officials, …
In Ghana, gold mining has always been a profitable venture for people in areas rich with minerals. Small-Scale Mining (SSM) is a major driver of the economy, directly employing an estimated 1 million Ghanaians and supporting around 4.5 million others. SSM has accounted for around one-third of the country's total gold output in …
17 The main tasks of the traditional councils are to settle disputes and help maintain peace in the traditional area; organise festivals and durbars; launch development projects using the donations and royalties they receive; lobby the central government for assistance with developmental projects; and, in mining areas, grant permission to …
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We explore these questions by comparing the community development project descriptions produced by a major mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, with the material projects on the ground in Geita District, Tanzania. We consider AngloGold Ashanti to be representative of the larger international gold mining companies—neither better nor …
