The global rush to grab resources took an unexpected turn in Ghana recently. With the hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards, a large influx of foreign miners, especially from China, entered into the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (ASM), despite it being 'reserved for Ghanaian citizens' by law.
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Illegal Chinese miners jailed 15 years Mary Anane-Amponsah Jun - 09 - 2022, 06:26 The Sekondi High Court in the Western Region has sentenced four convicts, including two Chinese, to a 15-year ...
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estimated 50,000 Chinese miners in Ghana, the so-called 'Shanglin gang' (GhanaW eb, 2013). The headline figure was that USD 500 milli on had been made, citing stories of .
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As per estimates, over 50,000 Chinese gold miners have been to Ghana since 2005, two-thirds of them from Shanglin, an impoverished county in southern Guangxi province where news of the gold rush ...
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Police, immigration and intelligence officials have swooped down on Chinese gold miners in Ghana, Africa's second-largest gold producer, rounding up 169 Chinese citizens since June 1 and ...
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Wassa Akropong is a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana that has become a hotspot for illegal mining by Chinese nationals. The article …
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In 2006 small numbers of Chinese and other foreign miners came to Ghana to engage in gold mining. Then a hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards led to a veritable gold rush and the arrival of ...
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SMGHL's arrival in this corner of Ghana stemmed from the visit of one of the local concession holders, the owner of Yenyeya Mining Group, to China in 2008 on a one-month Ghanaian government-sponsored trip; he was one of 25 selected small-scale miners (Interview with the owner of Yenyeya Mining Group, Bolgatanga, 14 July 2014).
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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.
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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 …
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With its ample unprotected gold reserves, Ghana proved attractive to Chinese gold diggers. Second, the majority of the Chinese miners in Ghana come from the Guangxi autonomous region in China, a region with a long history of gold mining and expertise in advanced mining techniques. About 50,000 Chinese miners have flocked to Ghana over the past ...
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5 In another interesting study of Ghanaian perceptions of Chinese migrants, undertaken by a Chinese postgraduate researcher, Liu Shaonan, it was similarly noted that coverage of Chinese miners in the Daily Graphic during May–June 2013 was entirely negative in tone and used the word 'illegal' in all 22 stories (Liu Citation 2014).The …
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The global rush to grab resources took an unexpected turn in Ghana recently. With the hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards, a large influx of foreign miners, especially from China, entered into the artisanal and …
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miners from China and other faraway places started coming to Ghana to engage in small-scale gold mining from 2006 onwards, which turned into a gold rush with the hike in gold prices from 2008.
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Chinese government raises concerns on illegal mining, even threatens Ghana. Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities have written to the Ghanaian authorities expressing concerns about media campaigns against illegal Chinese miners in the country and issuing subtle threats to the country. Below are the talking points contained in the …
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A new flyover road, part of Chinese infrastructure investments, is under construction near Accra, Ghana, on Sept. 12, 2019. A Chinese flag hangs from a checkpoint inside the Awaso bauxite mine on ...
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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 …
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The issue of Chinese gold miners in Ghana sparked national tension in 2013. when the London based Guardian Newspaper and the BBC News documented a.
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Two Ghanaian journalists, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah and Kwame Appiah Kubi, along with other team members, arrested three Chinese nationals who were allegedly …
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Various sources suspected the presence of as high as 50,000 Chinese miners in the early 2010s. 2 However, our field interviews suggest that in 2013 Ghana hosted about 11,000 Shanglin miners—the largest Chinese miner group 3; combined with miners from other parts of China, the total was around 20,000, concentrated near …
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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 …
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Galamsey is illegal artisanal gold mining that involves many Chinese actors and causes environmental, social and economic problems in Ghana. The new government has launched a crackdown on …
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Mechanized gold mining by Chinese miners is destroying forests, farms and waterways in northern and eastern Ghana. The practice is illegal, unregulated and polluting, and it undermines the livelihoods of …
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Ghana's High Court has ordered an interlocutory injunction blocking the Chinese-state-linked miner Earl International, formerly known as Shaanxi, from mining a 10-hectare area in eastern Ghana ...
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Accounts have emerged of Chinese miners being ambushed by armed robbers and using pump-action shotguns for protection. ... and highly placed government officials accepting bribes in exchange for leaving the illegal miners alone. Even Ghana's Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), which is not supposed to buy any …
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The repatriation of Chinese miners created diplomatic tensions between Ghana and China. The Chinese Embassy in Ghana expressed worry over what they call a targeted media campaign against Chinese citizens in Ghana. Analysts believe the government's fight against galamsey will impact its ability to receive loans or any …
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Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana can be traced back to 1998 when a small number of miners from Hunan province were involved in fairly unsuccessful ventures (Crawford et al ...
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A case study on Chinese mining activities in Ghana is examined to determine its correlation with China's interest and/or perceived Neo-colonialism agenda, and the possible ramifications it may ...
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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.
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Over 160 illegal Chinese gold mine workers and prospectors arrested in Ghana since June 1 will be deported next week, with no criminal charges, a spokesman for the country's Immigration Service ...
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rapidly back in Shanglin County, with large numbers of miners migrating to Ghana. At the height of Chinese involvement in 2012 and 2013, media reports from China stated that almost 50,000 Chinese nationals had migrated to Ghana for purposes of small-scale gold mining 4. The other form made use of the legal provision for foreign companies to act as
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Estimates suggest that 70 per cent of Chinese miners in Ghana come from Shanglin County, an impoverished area in the southern Guangxi province where news of the gold rush spread by word of mouth [2,65]. Small-scale mining in Ghana is attractive to Chinese miners from Guangxi for several reasons. First, mining activities in Guangxi …
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mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana Gordon Crawford a∗ and Gabriel Botchwey b a Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, Coventry, UK;
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Expelled Chinese illegal miner Aisha Huang made the news on Monday, September 5, 2022, after it emerged that she was in court for sneaking back into Ghana. ... Aisha Huang: How Chinese Illegal Miner Re-Entered Ghana And Secured Ghana Card. Tuesday, September 06, 2022 at 3:24 PM by George Nyavor 3 min read . Details of how …
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In a 2014 interview, one Chinese national in Ghana, with Chinese miners as business clients, stated that "in four to 5 years, a lot of Chinese millionaires, even billionaires" were created, adding that they "had worked very hard".28 Chinese media reports have highlighted the large sums that Chinese miners made in Ghana.
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In addition, a major push factor driving Chinese miners into Ghana is the . fact that these Shanglin-based Chinese are traditionall y artisanal people that .
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The two Chinese in Ghana's prisons is in spite of the hundreds of Chinese illegal miners arrested from 2013 to 2020. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has refused to respond to The Fourth Estate's RTI request on the number of Chinese nationals who arrived in the country from 2012 to date and the number deported during the same …
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