team from the Tinga Mining Association and Wenchi Cooperative, various branches of Ghana National Small-Scale Mining Association (GNASSM), including Artisanal Small-Scale Women in Mining (AsWIM). The team is also grateful to the district and community level institutions that we collaborated with to conduct community
The Ashanti Regional Organiser for the Small Scale Mining Association, Kwaku Duah, has commended the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the measures he outlined to protect small scale mining ...
With an engaged government, private sector and multi-stakeholder engagements already in place with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities, Ghana provides an excellent opportunity for a dialogue that delivers solutions to …
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has sworn into office, 10 new district chairpersons to steer its affairs at the various districts across the country.
Artisanal and small-scale mining, or ASM, is a largely informal economic sector that includes workers around the world who use basic tools to extract from the earth everything from gold and gemstones to vital metals such as cobalt, tin, tungsten and tantalum.
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) is the umbrella Association of registered Small Scale Miners as stipulated in our Mining Laws. The Association was formed in 2011 and its formation was facilitated by the Minerals Commission under the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703, subsection 90 (e)).
The Ashanti Regional organiser for the Small Scale Mining Association, Kwaku Duah has commended the Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the good measures he has outlined to protect small-scale ...
This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental performance in the industry.
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Dr Manteaw said this during the Launch of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners' (GNASSM) Documentary and Policy Brief on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Reforms Research in Ghana.
The regularisation and licensing for Small Scale Miners. Protect the right, interest and welfare of Miners. Encourage miners to payment of taxes for economic development. Women empowerment and livelihood at mining sites and the mining Communities.
The Ghana National Association of Small scale Miners has congratulated the government and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources A.Jinapor for …
The Ghana National Association of Small scale Miners has congratulated the government and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources A.Jinapor for their involvement in the National Taskforce against illegal mining.
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Small-scale mining in Ghana, as in most developing countries, was for decades treated as an informal industrial sector, employing thousands of people but featuring largely rudimentary, unmonitored and uncontrolled practices.
Much appreciation also goes to members of the Ghana Small Scale Mining Association, mine owners, operators, academicians, the district officers of the Minerals Commission for their assistance, and the technicians at the Geotechnical laboratory of University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana.
Areas identified as gold mining in the land cover classification model were further differentiated into two categories: large-scale, industrial mining and small-scale, artisanal mining. Industrial mining operations within the study period (2005–2019) were assumed to have a significant change in elevation because of the nature of the mining ...
Furthermore, Dr. Bawumia proposed the decentralization of the Minerals Commission and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure their presence in all mining districts. He also outlined measures to register every Ghanaian involved in small-scale mining under the Ghana Small Scale Miners Association using their Ghana Card.
Note that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is subsumed under small-scale mining (SSM). Therefore, even though Act 703 refers to small-scale mining, this includes the artisanal operators (Minerals Commission, 2015). Artisanal and small-scale mining activities in Ghana are regulated by the Minerals Commission of Ghana
This chapter discusses small-scale mining in Ghana in the context of two intergovernmental development indicators—the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs) and the African Union 's Agenda 2063 (AU2063). Using the management and governance of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities …
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.
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 ... The paper's argument suggests that while the business-as-capital and association theories can illuminate spatial variation in ASM governance, they ...
This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an …
In the face of rising graduate unemployment, an increasing number of graduates in Ghana has joined the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. …
In Ghana, small-scale mining (SSM) has been carried out for many years, generating employment and income. Currently, illegal artisanal mining ('galamsey') has impacted the environment negatively, resulting in land degradation and water pollution. The government of Ghana, responding to public outcry against the negative effects of ...
Regulation of artisanal small scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana and Indonesia as currently implemented fails to adequately protect aquatic ecosystems. Proceedings of International Mine Water Association Symposium.
The team further classified mining as large-scale industrial or small-scale artisanal by looking at elevation data and the texture of the landscape. Industrial mines have larger elevation changes since they dig deeper into the surface.
Dr. Bawumia further announced that, during his administration, every Ghanaian engaged in small-scale mining will be required to register under the Ghana Small Scale Miners Association using their ...
We performed a cross-sectional pilot study on salivary cortisol, heart rate, and personal noise exposures in a small-scale gold mining village in northeastern Ghana in 2013. Cortisol level changes between morning and evening among participants showed a relatively low decline in cortisol through the …
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.
The Ghana National Association of Smallscale Miners wants the government to empower its task force to complement the fight against illegal mining.
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