Introduction. Over the past decade, Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining 1 sector has attracted a wave of Chinese migrants (Antwi-Boateng and Akudugu, 2020; Boafo et al., 2019; Hilson et al., 2014). Between 2008 and 2016, over 50,000 Chinese gold seekers migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal ASM, aided at various levels, …

This chapter investigates the activities of a Chinese mining company in the small-scale gold mining sector in a corner of Ghana. It questions the legality of its …

The role of the state in prioritizing large-scale over small-scale mining also comes into focus here. Much of the legislation on mining privileges large-scale mining, especially foreign companies, over local artisanal mining. The small-scale mining sector has faced decades of financial and technological neglect by the state.

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 accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small‐scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian …

Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness? Sustainability - Switzerland doi 10.3390/su11215943. Full Text Open PDF ... Small-Scale Mining – Hazards and Opportunities in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. Geology. 2005 English.

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Li Jian Sheng, believed to be in his late 40s, and Li Chao Hua, 35, worked with Hansol Small Scale Mining Company as senior consultants' (Citation Daily Guide 4.01.13). In its report, the Daily Guide stated that 'The Ghana-China Friendship Union (GCFU) put the figures of Chinese nationals killed by armed robbers at the mining sites …

The recent Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana has received wide publicity and scholarly attention. While the literature has focused on environmental sustainability, political accountability, and institutional reforms, it is yet to examine local adoption of Chinese technology and its impact on Ghana's rural economy.

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 …

Abstract. The Extractive Industries and Society. Volume 16, December 2023, 101356. Original article. Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold …

China to Ghana of 10,000s of miners to work illicitly in informal small-scale gold mining, esp. gold boom years of 2010 to 2013 •Traced the impact on the livelihoods of both Chinese and Ghanaian informal miners, as well as on wider economic, environmental and political landscapes. •Benefits for some, adverse impact for many

institutions promotes illegalities in the small-scale mining industry, and then propose some policy recommendations. The paper concludes by arguing that the increasing involvement of Chinese miners in the small-scale mining sector in Ghana is an expression of a deep-rooted problem shrouded in institutional disjuncture.

An astonishing illicit, free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both conflict and collabor-ation over access to gold, a situation described as 'out of control' and ...

Chinese Corporate Exploitation in Small-Scale Mining Gordon Crawford, Coleman Agyeyomah, and Atinga Mba ... the-impact-of-chinese-involvement-in-small-scale-gold-mining-in-ghana/ tered small-scale miners. It was on this basis that Shaanxi Mining (Ghana) Limited (SMGHL), a Chinese company, initiated an agreement in 2008

The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana International Growth Centre (IGC). ... Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: chinese miners and the state in Ghana. Commonwealth Comparat. Polit., 55 (4) (2017), pp. 444-470, 10.1080/14662043.2017.1283479. View in Scopus Google Scholar. …

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 accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small-scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders.

total gold production from small-scale mining (in compa rison with large-scale mining) has increased from 11% in 2005, to 15.2% in 2008, and to a remarkable 36% in 2013. i

The last decade has seen a large increase in foreign involvement in the ASM sector, especially miners from China. From 2006 onwards, small numbers of Chinese and other foreign miners started coming to Ghana to engage in artisanal gold mining. The hike in gold prices from 2008 then led to a veritable gold rush.

Since 2009, with the involvement of Chinese miners in gold mining, which peaked in 2013, small-scale mining in Ghana has become highly mechanized, involving the use …

moratorium on all small-scale mining from April 2017 has subsequently been extended on two occasions, with the ban still in place in late July 2018. However, the involvement of many politicians as ...

centre of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining, at least up until the operations of the Task Force in mid-2013. Data collection methods involved: 21 semi-structured

production from small-scale mining (in comparison with large-scale mining) has increased from 7.4% in 1995 to 15.2% in 2008 and to a remarkable 36% in 2013 (Minerals Commission 2014).

Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining in Ghana Gabriel Botchwey, Gordon Crawford; Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute; Cambridge University Press; Volume 88, …

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 accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small-scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian …

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 accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small-scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders.

IntroductIon. This chapter investigates a resource conflict that emerged in a far corner of Ghana between a Chinese gold mining company operating in the arti-sanal and small …

Emmanuel Akyeampong., Liang Xu. African Affairs, Volume 122, Issue 488, July 2023, Pages 329–351, https://doi/10.1093/afraf/adad023. Published: 08 …

2013, the participation of Chinese citizens in informal mining in Ghana had grown to such proportions, and received such adverse media coverage, that the Government of Ghana was forced to act. This research examines the impact of Chinese involvement on small-scale gold mining in Ghana. The project

The percentage of total gold production from small-scale mining has also increased from 11% in 2005 to a remarkable 36% in 2013, althoughThe impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold,,01-12-2013· The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana Share this project Small-scale mining contributes about 30% of …

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Zimbabwe's mining profile differs from many other countries in Africa, such as South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ghana, that tend to rely on a much smaller range of minerals and fewer large-scale mines (Weng et al. 2018; Kaseke et al. 2015). As indicated, Chinese mining conglomerates have been venturing …

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Since 2009, with the involvement of Chinese miners in gold mining, which peaked in 2013, small-scale mining in Ghana has become highly mechanized, involving the use Gabriel Botchwey is a lecturer and former head of the Department of Political Science, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

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ABSTRACT As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being 'reserved for Ghanaian citizens' by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over …

Chinese involvement in small-scale mining is illegal and displaces Ghanaians from potential well-paid mining jobs—leaving Ghanaians at the margins of the gold production supply chain. This was evident in the …