Ghana: Trial sheds light on Chinese involvement in …
A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and …
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold
Sustainability. 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 …
Chinese Mining Giant Acquires $1 Billion Gold Mine in Ghana
In a major deal set to reshape the mining landscape in Ghana, China's Zijin Mining Group is acquiring the Akyem gold mine from US-based Newmont Corporation in a $1 billion transaction. The acquisition, facilitated through Zijin's subsidiary, Gold Source International, includes $900 million in cash with an additional $100 million contingent ...
38 Chinese nationals deported from Ghana for …
38 Chinese nationals caught mining for gold illegally in the west African nation of Ghana have been arrested and deported. News. Markets. ... there were many Chinese…coming to Ghana. When l ...
Gold Rush in Ghana: Chinese Firms Eye …
The Ghanaian gold rush is heating up, with Chinese mining giants emerging as potential frontrunners in the race to acquire Newmont Corporation's Akyem gold mine. This development comes amid a surge in global gold …
Ghana court jails Chinese national over illegal gold mining
A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and shed light on ...
Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining …
The analysis that follows aims to broaden understanding of how Chinese citizens have managed to infiltrate Ghana's informal gold mining economy over the past decade, and …
Blood Gold: How China's Shaanxi allegedly stole millions …
Sun told Shaanxi the Chinese government would lobby for greater mining access for Chinese companies in Ghana and "create a favourable investment environment for legally operating Chinese-funded ...
China's illegal gold mining in Ghana adversely impacting its …
Recently a Chinese businesswoman, Aisha Huang known in Ghana as "the queen of illegal gold mining" along with three other Chinese nationals was arrested for illegal gold mining, selling and buying ...
Gold, Guns, and China: Ghana's fight to end …
China's gold seekers. Traditionally, small-scale gold mining in Ghana has been carried out by locals on their own land using hand-operated tools. These methods have slowly modernised and expanded, but the recent …
Gold Rush in Ghana: Chinese Firms Eye Newmont's Akyem …
181. The Ghanaian gold rush is heating up, with Chinese mining giants emerging as potential frontrunners in the race to acquire Newmont Corporation's Akyem gold mine.
Illegal mines, pollution and a thirsty global market: Anger …
ACCRA, Ghana — Illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana has been linked with the destruction of the environment and illness. But for some, the practice known locally as galamsey provides ...
Ghana: Controversy, Corruption and Chinese Miners
ASGM in Ghana has been a traditional and indigenous activity for centuries, dating back to the fifteenth century when mercury was first used in gold extraction (Dummet 1998; Tsuma 2010: 10, see also Pijpers, this volume).Although widely practised, ASGM was formally illegal in Ghana until 1989, when the Small-Scale Gold Mining Law (PNDCL 218) legalised …
Chinese group buys Newmont Ghana mine for $1bn
US-based gold major Newmont has agreed to sell its Akyem mine, in Ghana, to Chinese mining giant Zijin Mining for up to $1-billion in cash. The sale forms part of the miner's ongoing strategy to ...
The Fight Over Ghana's Illegal Gold Rush Exposes …
Centuries later Ghana remains Africa's biggest producer, with major operators such as the UK-based Anglogold Ashanti Plc, Gold Fields Ltd. from South Africa, American miner Newmont Corp and China's Chifeng Jilong Gold …
Illegal Chinese Gold Mining Leaves an Open Wound in Ghana
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 years in prison and levied a $4,000 fine for …
Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining in African
In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold and other minerals. Before this, according to the ET, 33 Chinese nationals were detained in Ghana in 2019 for engaging in illegal gold mining activities.
President Akufo-Addo commissions Ghana's largest single gold …
The Project, undertaken by the Cardinal Namdini Gold Limited (CNML), a subsidiary of Shandong Gold Limited, a Chinese mining firm, is an open-cast (surface) gold mine and has an initial lifespan of 15 years. The area is a green field – the first in Ghana, since Newmont Akyem Company poured its first gold from a green field in 2013.
Arrests and attacks: African countries pursue …
In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold and other minerals. Before this, according to the ET, 33 …
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.
Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana's forests
In Ghana, illegal miners known as galamseyers are carrying out an increasing share of the country's gold production. In recent years, these miners have been sourcing machinery from China.
Galamsey: Ghana's illegal gold mining industry causes …
Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has ...
Detecting Gold Mining in Ghana
The image above shows gold mining encroachment in the Upper Wassaw Forest Reserve, a habitat for the green-tailed bristlebill and Tai Forest treefrog, which are classified as species of conservation concern.The image was captured on April 30, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Out of 28 protected areas in southwestern Ghana, Upper …
(PDF) Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
Sustainability, 2019. 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 …
Chinese participation in Ghana's illegal small-scale gold …
This paper examined some local pull factors accounting for the proliferation of Chinese miners in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining, particularly the informal and …
China's Zijin Mining to buy Newmont's Ghana …
Oct 9 (Reuters) - China's Zijin Mining Group, opens new tab will buy the Akyem Gold Mine Project in Ghana from U.S.-based Newmont Corp, opens new tab for $1 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.
(PDF) Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond …
For instance, since 2005, over 50,000 Chinese gold miners have entered Ghana, most of whom are said to be engaged in illegal small-scale gold mining in the country [2,4,5]. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5943 4 of 18 Gold production is an important sector of Ghana's economy, accounting for 96.68 per cent of the total earnings from exported minerals ...
Gold Rush: Illegal mining fuelled by Chinese Nationals in Ghana.
At the heart of Ghana's gold rush is Wassa Akropong – a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana dominated by Chinese nationals who are milking the country's most precious natural resource. The Gold Rush Ghana is a major gold exporter and the precious metal remains one of the vital sources of revenue for the nation.
Sino-Ghana bilateral relations and Chinese migrants' illegal gold
This article examines the participation of some Chinese migrants in illegal gold mining (known as galamsey) in Ghana, and how the Government's policy to address the issue created diplomatic tension between China and Ghana. ... Chinese Migrants, Ghana, Illegal Gold Mining/Galamsey, South–South Cooperation", author = "Emmanuel Debrah and ...
Chinese miners' illegal hunt for gold in Ghana | East Asia …
Ghana is struggling to strike a balance between maintaining good relations with Beijing and cracking down on illegal Chinese mining operations. ... Ghana is Africa's second-largest gold producer after South Africa and small-scale mining accounts for about 30 per cent of total gold output. The small-scale mining sector was legalised in 1989 ...