Mining companies in Ghana have their work cut out Ghana has a wide variety of minerals from Gold to Bauxite to Diamonds and Manganese It is the largest Gold producer in Africa and has very large deposits of silver petroleum salt and natural gas
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Get PriceThe Ghana ASM dialogue project was made possible with the generous support of The Tiffany Co Foundation Funding for background research and publication of this paper was provided by UK aid for the UK government Published by IIED August 2016 McQuilken J and Hilson G 2016 Artisanal and smallscale gold mining in Ghana
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Get PriceThe socioeconomic and environmental impacts of informal artisanal and smallscale mining ASM in Ghana are assessed in this paper The paper includes a case study of an informal ASMaffected community located in the Western Region of Ghana
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