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The Ahafo gold mine, Newmont's first mine in Ghana, has been implicated in human rights abuses and irresponsible practices since before it began operating in 2006. The mine is located in a farming region northwest of the country's capital Accra and has caused major displacement and social impacts. In October, 2009, a cyanide spill …
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In a quest to know more, I have visited some mining sites at Nkaseim, Kenyasi, Wuramumuso, Mehame, and Banda, all in the Brong-Ahafo region to be specific and so many areas across the country to ...
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The Ahafo mine operates within ten host communities in Asutifi North and Tano North districts of the Brong Ahafo Region. Our host communities are Ntotroso, Kenyasi No. 1, Kenyasi No. 2, Gyedu, Wamahinso, …
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Ej Atlas. Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. Newmont's Ahafo gold mine, Ghana. Last update: . IFC supported exploitation of Ahafo Gold mine by Newmont. Communities suffer from …
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With more than 95 years of history in the mining industry, Newmont is one of the world's largest gold producers. Through responsible mining, we believe we can create a stronger business and value for all our stakeholders. Newmont's Ahafo mine is located along the Sefwi Volcanic Belt, a northeast-southwest trending volcanic belt in western Ghana.
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The study recommends a review of the environmental management policy of Kenyasi-Ahafo Mines restoration efforts and intervention measures, which include …
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01/16/2020. Kenyasi - January 16, 2020 - Newmont Ghana's Ahafo mine has reiterated its commitment to sustainable and responsible mining and says it will continue to carry out mitigation efforts in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements.The company's statement follows unsubstantiated claims for compensation from property owners, …
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Ej Atlas. Newmont's Ahafo gold mine, Ghana. Last update: . IFC supported exploitation of Ahafo Gold mine by Newmont. Communities suffer from …
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Background and Aim Mining is the backbone of many economies in developing countries, however, its activities, no matter the scale, are disruptive to community health as a result of environmental pollution. The extent of environment pollution caused by mining activities is mainly due to illegal mining practices. The study aimed to …
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Kenyasi, Gyedu, and Ntotroso communities in the Ahafo region have experienced an upsurge of artisanal gold mining activities since Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (Ahafo Gold Mine) started a large ...
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The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural …
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Environmental Health and Sanitation, P. O. Box 40 Asante, Ghana 2 Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Abstract The research was conducted in the Akantansu stream of Tutuka in Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana from October 2010 to January 2011.
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Kenyasi (A/R), May 20, GNA - The Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF), the corporate social responsibility arm of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, Ahafo South Mine, has spent GHS13,471,847 on 19 projects to improve infrastructural and social amenities in its host communities. The projects, undertaken in …
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Background. Last Tuesday morning, Ameyaw Francis, a 23-year-old young man was shot dead while four others sustained varying degrees of injury when personnel of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) of the Ghana Police attached to Newmont Ghana's Ahafo South mine clashed with the youth at Kenyase over a misunderstanding between them.
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Newmont's CSR programmes are built on a commitment, that the company made in December 2005 that US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net profit from the Ahafo Mine would be set aside and put into a Community Development Fund for sustainable community development. The Ahafo Social Responsibility Forum (ASRF) …
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Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) started mining operations at its Ahafo Mine in 2006. In 2011, the Ahafo Mine produced 566,000 ounces of gold, the equivalent of Ghana's total production.
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The Omanhene of Kenyasi Number One in the Ahafo Region, Nana Osei Kofi Abiri, has cautioned that any chief within his jurisdiction found to be involved in illegal mining, otherwise known as ...
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Abstract. Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to ...
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Image courtesy of Newmont Mining. Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Ahafo mine in western Ghana started producing gold from an open pit in 2006 and now the underground portion of the mine has ...
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UPDATE as of June 6, 2018: Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) has been fined with $2.7 million USD as a result of the accident at the Ahafo mine operation. On Saturday, April 7 th, six construction workers were killed in an accident at a mine operated by Newmont Mining Corporation in central Ghana. The workers died instantly when a …
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Mine Life. 2032. The Ahafo South mine commenced commercial production in 2006 and currently operates a mill, two pits, and an underground operation. In July 2021, the Board of Directors approved full funding for the Ahafo North project which will expand the existing footprint in Ghana with four open pit mines and a stand-alone mill located ...
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This paper investigated the environmental and health impacts of the Kenyasi-Ahafo mining activities on the local population and other nearby areas. The study employed a cross …
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Kenyasi is located in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The Ahafo mine located at Kenyasi is in the tropical, cocoa-growing region of mid-western Ghana, which is about 290 km northwest of Accra and contributes about 8% of Newmont's global equity gold sales (Newmont Mining Corporation 2006). Kenyasi, where the Ahafo mine is located …
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Ghana comprises ten administrative regions wh ich are all noted to be endowed with rich deposits of gold and other minerals. However, the Western, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions are rated among the most prominent in term of mining activities. Indeed, the Western and the Ashanti regions have the larg est investments in mining; Brong Ahafo has
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community's land. However, Newmont has been able to get Nananom of Ahafo South and the moderator to superintend over her plan to put pressure on Ahafo North community to give them the go ahead to mine by giving them zero percent (0%) on 'Activities' fund. In the current agreement, all the communities without mining activities are given 1.5%.
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The study of mining activities in Asutifi North district of the Ahafo region especially Kenyasi, . seeks to spatially access the degree or extent at which mining activities has …
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Keywords: Social impacts, Kenyasi community, mining activities, livelihood, Newmont Mining Company. 1. Introduction ... Kenyasi is the capital of the Asutifi district in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. "The Asutifi District is one of the Nineteen (19) districts in Brong Ahafo located between latitudes 6°40' and 7°15' North and ...
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The demographic characteristics of respondents were assessed based on one's location to the mining site. All participants in the study were adults and above … See more
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Newmont Kenyasi mining area under threat from residents. Kenyasi (B/A), June 25, GNA – Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), managers of the Ahafo project at Kenyasi in Asutifi District in the Brong-Ahafo Region, has expressed worry about the rate at which residents put up structures and farm on its mining lease purposely to …
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adverse impacts of their mining activities as it is done in Kenyasi by Newmont Mining Company and even the community residents themselves. Although most mining companies have carried out these strategies with good intent, it has been realized that mostly, the strategies fail because they lack what has come to be known as Community Participation.
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