Produce evidence of death and cremation of Chinese illegal …
On 12th December 2023, staff of the Forestry Commission arrested 10 persons engaged in illegal mining in the Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve. The 10 suspects included four Chinese nationals …
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of …
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 …
Only two Chinese citizens in Ghana's prisons despite …
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 …
The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …
Small-scale mining contributes about 30% of Ghana's total gold output and provides livelihoods for many people. This study examines the impact of Chinese involvement in the sector, much …
Ghana Grapples With Scourge of Chinese-led Illegal Gold …
Ghanaian miners used to extract gold from shallow depths using shovels, picks, pans and their hands. Today, galamseyers often use Chinese-supplied excavators and …
Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond …
The influx of Chinese miners to Ghana has mainly been driven by high gold prices, increasing cultural cooperation between Ghana and China, and the largely informal nature of small-scale …
Gold Rush in Ghana: Chinese Firms Eye Newmont's Akyem …
These include prominent Chinese producers Shandong Gold Mining Co. and Zijin Mining Group Co. Additionally, Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. from China is reportedly …
(PDF) Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond …
The influx of Chinese miners to Ghana has mainly been driven by high gold prices, increasing cultural cooperation between Ghana and China, and the largely informal nature of small-scale …
Galamsey Fight in Ghana: An Analysis of Failure of …
Boafo, Paalo, and Dotsey, "Illicit Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Beyond Institutional Weakness? 33 Heidi Hausermann and David Ferring, "Unpacking Land Grab s: …
Gold Rush: Illegal mining fuelled by Chinese Nationals in Ghana.
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 …
Arrests and attacks: African countries pursue China's illegal …
Now, Africa countries are saying no to Chinese miners. Feature. Arrests and attacks: African countries pursue China's illegal mining ... operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold …
Despite deporting more than 4500 Chinese, they
Chinese government raises concerns on illegal mining, even threatens Ghana. Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities have written to the Ghanaian authorities expressing …
Chinese Miners, Community Resistance and Collaboration in Ghana
Chinese miners to the public space and to the attention of state officials both in Ghana and China. This is yet anoth er evident of the resilience and the social agency …
Ghana's Crackdown on Chinese Gold Miners Hits One …
Ghana has soured on the Chinese who have worked in its gold mines for years, exposing China's risky system of financing for miners and leaving relatives fearing financial ruin.
Gold, Guns, and China: Ghana's fight to end …
Chinese actors have invested substantial funds into mining, introduced more sophisticated technologies, and employed significant numbers of Chinese migrant workers as well as Ghanaians. Their use of heavy …
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
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 …
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining in Ghana …
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 …
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese
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 …
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
Illegal Chinese miners amounted to about 50,000 at the height of their involvement in illegal mining between 2012 and 2013. An Inter-Ministerial ... (Ghana), a Chinese sponsored …
DRC: Lessons from Ghana's dealings with illegal Chinese …
What lessons can Ghana learn or offer to the DRC over Chinese illegal mining companies? What lessons can Ghana learn or offer to the DRC over Chinese illegal mining …
Ghana Arrests Chinese in Gold Mines
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 …
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 …
The impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale gold …
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 …
Ghana: Controversy, Corruption and Chinese Miners
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 …
There and Back Again: Conceptualising the …
[Show full abstract] the most dramatic examples of Chinese migration to-and economic engagement with-an African country is the recent gold rush in Ghana, which started in the mid-2000s with the ...
Cold from Gold: Chinese Miners Face New Realities in Ghana
There is also evidence that this cold reception to Chinese miners is stimulated by non-state actors led by the media and inspires in Ghana a new paradigm of more rational …
Ghana Cracks Down on Chinese Gold Miners
A map on Tuesday with an article about hundreds of Chinese miners who have traveled to Ghana in a mostly thwarted effort to make their fortune in the country's gold mines …
Ghana takes action against illegal Chinese miners
On 5 June 2013, 169 Chinese miners were arrested in Ghana's gold-mining Ashanti region. These arrests followed Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama's decision …
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Earlier, in March 2022, four Chinese illegal miners operating at Bamianko in Nzema East in the Western Region of Ghana were arrested together with one Ghanaian …
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
Este estudio investiga los factores que atraen a los inmigrantes chinos a la minería ilegal a pequeña escala en Ghana, su papel en la cadena de suministro y el impacto general de su …