What can we do to stop illegal mining?
Five Practical Solutions to Curbing Illegal Mining
- 1) Identify and protect areas most susceptible to illegal mining activities.
- 3) Establish a task-force to crackdown on illegal mining and trafficking.
- 4) Monitor and regulate small-scale miners.
- 5) Create alternative employment opportunities.
What is a mining lease in Ghana?
A mining lease is granted for an initial period of 30 years and may be renewed before the expiry of such period for a further period of not more than 30 years. A restricted mining lease is a mining lease issued in respect of industrial minerals.
What is galamsey and its effects?
Galamsey activities expose Ghanaians through drinking and inhaling of gaseous mercury, which is absorbed into the blood. Once in the circulatory system, it can pass through the blood-brain barrier and accumulate in the brain, damaging the central nervous system.
What is galamsey in Ghana?
Galamsey, derived from the phrase “gather them and sell”, is a local Ghanaian term which means illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Such workers are known as galamseyers or orpailleurs in neighboring Francophone nations.
How is mining sustainable?
The mining industry uses a large amount of water and land in their operations. One solution to becoming more environmentally sustainable is to reduce the input of the mine. By reducing the energy usage, a mine can reduce greenhouse gases and extend the life of fossil fuel reserves.
What is the solution to mining?
In situ leaching (ISL), also known as solution mining, or in situ recovery, involves leaving the ore where it is in the ground, and recovering the minerals from it by dissolving them, and then pumping the pregnant solution to the surface where the minerals are recovered.
Who owns the gold mines in Ghana?
The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Ghana that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuasi, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897….Mines & Production.
| Mine | Iduapriem Gold Mine |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| 2002 | 185,199 |
| 2003 | 243,533 |
How many mining companies are in Ghana?
Ghana has 23 large-scale mining companies producing gold, diamonds, bauxite and manganese, and, there are also over 300 registered small scale mining groups and 90 mine support service companies. Other mineral commodities produced in the country are natural gas, petroleum, salt, and silver.
What is the difference between mining and galamsey?
By local convention, registered “legal” mines are commonly referred to as “small-scale mines” and the unregistered are called “galamsey” mines. However the different terms and legal distinction suggest a dichotomy of activities where no such dichotomy exists.
How can mining sites be rehabilitated?
Often in gold mines, rehabilitation is performed by scavenger operations which treat the soil within the plant area for spilled gold using modified placer mining gravity collection plants. Also possible is that the section of the mine that is below ground, is kept and used to provide heating, water and/or methane.