04 December 2023 12:42 PM. The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has jailed Chinese national Aisha Huang, nicknamed 'galamsey queen' for illegal mining in the country. Aisha Huang. She has
“Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: The Government and the Galamsey.” Yeboah, R. / E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Vol.4 No.4 (2023) pp. 455-472 E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and
On November 5, 2021, 12:42 PM. Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has joined the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in Ghana. The award-winning musician has released a song ‘Greedy Men’ to draw attention to the devastating impact of the menace to the environment. In the song, Stonebwoy speaks on the economic loss, loss of
The 1989 small-scale mining laws (Ghana Government, 1989a; 1989b; 1989c; 2006) sought to regularized and govern Ghana’s small-scale operators. The laws were then revised under the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act (Ghana Govern-ment, 2006). However, Ghana’s small-scale gold industry is no longer being captured within the framework of these laws.
Yeboah, R. / E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Vol.4 No.4 (2023) pp. 455-472 E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 43% of the total gold production in Ghana.20 This
Historically, many authors have written about how illegal small-scale miners in Ghana, or galamsey operators, have generally been portrayed in highly negative ways, as mass campaigns against the practice have proliferated over time (Arkorful et al. 2018, Abdulai
2.2. Agricultural lands and galamsey operations in Ghana The surface mining implies the major cause of land use change from croplands to mining lands (Osei-Bagyina, 2012). Galamsey is a threat to