The mining sector is one of Ghana's biggest contributors to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributing 5.0% as at the end of 2021. This translates into the sub …

The list of gold mining companies in Ghana includes Perseus Mining (Ghana) Ltd, Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd, Chirano Gold Mines Ltd, Abosso Goldfields Limited, and Asanko Gold Mine. There are many mining companies in Ghana and most deal in gold. Some are privately owned, while others are run by the government.

However, in their analysis of social license by mining companies in Ghana, Ofori and Ofori (2019) found high levels of community participation in the design and implementation of CSR social ...

The work reported here examines the perceived impacts of gold mining at the community level in the Wassa West District of Ghana, Africa and discusses those perceived impacts in the context of ...

A comparative analysis of two mining projects in the resource-rich region of Arequipa, Peru is employed to consider whether creating shared value may yield more sustainable outcomes than traditional corporate social responsibility approaches, may reduce conflict between mining companies and communities, and advance the agenda …

Despite a boom in gold mining in Ghana's Wassa West district (WWD), unemployment and poverty have deepened, partly due to loss of farmland to surface mining but more so because of the limited opportunities for wage employment in the district's 'revived' gold-mining industry. However, the large-scale mining companies are implementing some …

Introduction. An Overview of Small-scale Mining in Ghana. Historical Perspective Geological Setting. Socio-economic Impact of Small-scale Mining in Ghana. …

Corporate social responsibility in the large scale gold mining industry in Ghana. Benedict Arko . Independent Researcher, Kumasi, Ghana. Key words: corporate social …

Community mining schemes, first rolled out by the IMCIM and later integrated into the NAELP, have been central to recent government efforts. These schemes aim to bolster …

The mining sector is one of Ghana's biggest contributors to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributing 5.0% as at the end of 2021. This translates into the sub-sector's nominal GDP of

Published by the Ghana Chamber of Mines Ghana Chamber of Mines | #18 Gulf Street, South Legon | P.O. Box 991, Accra, Ghana communications@ghanachamberofmines In the Euro Area, a string of positive economic growth outturns accelerated the Area's recovery from its worst recession in nearly two decades.

Published by the Ghana Chamber of Mines Ghana Chamber of Mines | #18 Gulf Street, South Legon | P.O. Box 991, Accra, Ghana …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a major driver of the economy, directly employing an estimated 1m Ghanaians and supporting around 4.5m others. ASM – categorised by concessions of under 4000 sq metres – has accounted for around onethird of the country's total gold output in recent years. "Almost all the jewellery worn in Ghana.

There is an ongoing debate on the relevance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its ability to provide visible development. In this study, we consider two major mining companies in Ghana, Anglogold Ashanti and Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, and draw on a sample from communities in which these companies operate in order to determine the …

corporate social responsibility, mining industry, major mineral revenue, Ghana . Cite This Article: Solomon Kpabitey,Xie Zhong, Ampadu Seth, Amoako Richard, Evaluating and " Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana; Evidence from the Mining Sector." Journal of Finance and Economics, vol. 8, no. 1 (2020): 1-5. doi: 10.12691/jfe-8-1-1. 1 ...

In terms of total government revenue, the mining and quarrying sector's contributions increased from 4.9 per cent in 2018 to 7.6 per cent in 2019. Moreover, data from the Bank of Ghana, indicates that proceeds from the export of minerals rose from US$ 5.760 billion in 2018 to US$ 6.678 billion in 2019.

Mining and resettlement of communities in Ghana: Exposing the harm caused by forced displacement and relocation Stephen Aboagye1 October, 2014 Mining has long been …

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The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the relationships between corporate social responsibility, environmental policies, and community complaints, and the fiduciary responsibility of a corporation to its stakeholders within gold mining companies in Ghana. I … See more

The social licence practices within the Ghanaian mining context In Ghana, mining companies pursue community development strategies as a means to achieve a social license to operate. This is in many ways consistent with the literature that suggests social investment or CSR as an approach to winning over communities (MMSD, 2002; Pegg, …

Similarly, gold mining companies in Ghana have not been able to wane themselves off the negative distributional impacts of their activities such as water pollution and land degradation (Andrews ...

Finally, some authors stress that the high diversity in the socio-economic performance of the mining activity depends on a mix of factors which include also the company structure, the typology of mine operation, the commodity extracted and the general social and demographic conditions of the interested area (Wilson, 2004, van der …

Mining industry in Ghana - statistics & facts. Ghana. Ghana was the sixth-largest producer of manganese in the world as of 2021. The production volume of the metal reached 3.3 million metric tons ...

mining companies in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis methods are used to analyse 50 sustainability reports of ten large-scale mining companies in Ghana, covering the period 2008-2012. Findings – The study finds that there has been a widening and increasing trend in the disclosure of

VISION: Himeros Mining Company will be one of the multibillion mining companies in Ghana. I am of the hope that God will shower His unlimited blessing upon the company to combat all difficulty to have its aims and objectives accomplished. Secondly, to improve the socio-economic standard of Essase and it environs and Ghana as a whole.

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

Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2020, gold accounted for 97.2 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective shares of manganese, bauxite and diamond were. 2.25 per cent, 0.54 per cent and 0.01 per cent.

The law is however silent on the social responsibility of the mining companies towards the communities in which they operate. In fact, there is no national policy framework that guides the implementation of CSR in Ghana. Mining Companies are therefore not bound by law to implement CSR activities in the country.

The social licence practices within the Ghanaian mining context In Ghana, mining companies pursue community development strategies as a means to achieve a …

Still in the case of Ghana, Patnaik et al. (2017) in appraising the need for environmental friendly activities examined how good corporate social responsibility practices by mining companies can ...