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According to Ghana's Minister of Finance "…the year 2022 will go down as one of the most difficult and eventful years in the economic history of our country."This report highlights what we believe are the relevant issues from 2022 and how responses to these challenges will shape the business and legal outlook for corporates and the …
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An exception is a recent study of regulation in Ghana, which reveals that the law requires that when negotiating prices the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission takes into account the consumer ...
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For the institutions to be able to perform their roles of effective monitoring and supervision to ensure effective compliance of mining laws and policies, it would require …
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mining, livelihood, , effects, rural, non- mining, farmers, regulatory institutions, strategy . Cite This Article: Isaac Boakye Danquah, S.C Fialor, and Robert Aidoo, Mining Effects on Rural " Livelihoods, Adopted Strategies and the Role of Stakeholder and Regulatory Institutions in Ghana. Evidence of the Amansie West District of ."
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The Ghana Standards Board (GSB) is the national standards body that promotes standardisation for the improvement of quality of goods, services and sound management practices in industries and public institutions in Ghana. GSB participates in the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) affiliate country programme.
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The paper examines the laws and policies that regulate corporate environmental practices in Ghana, with an emphasis on mining. In particular, the analysis of the legal and regulatory framework ...
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The study determines the effects of mining on rural livelihoods, adopted strategies and the role of stakeholder and regulatory institutions. The study achieves this by investigating the status of key rural livelihood indicators, what influence the choice of livelihood strategies in mining communities and the assessment of institutional performance.
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For the ASM value chain to run sustainably, producing desirable ore quantities at limited environmental, health and safety costs, there is a need for interactive roles to be played by relevant actors in public, private and third sector institutions under an effective regulatory environment. Mining legislation must be periodically and actively ...
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Abstract. This chapter investigates the regulatory fictions underpinning foreign investment in "small-scale" gold mining in Ghana. It explores the shifting practices and subjectivities of big men, frontmen, and secretaries who, in relation with others, mediate foreign mining. In Ghana, big men, frontmen, and secretaries are key agents who help Chinese miners …
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in Ghana (Obuasi), the regulatory actors along the mining value chain and some key lessons on the concept of mining. 2. THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MINING IN GHANA 2.1 History of ...
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One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North (1990, 3) defines institutions as "the rules of the game in a society, or more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction … they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, …
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Here are 6 relevant institutions regulating Ghana's Mining Industry: Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, which is headed by a cabinet minister appointed by the President, has overall responsibility for forest sector planning and policy direction and for monitoring sector programs towards the ...
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SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies W a, Ghana. Phone: 0249307101. Email: [email protected]. ABSTRACT. This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian ...
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Mining Laws and Regulations Ghana. 2024. ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Ghana Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, processing, transfer and encumbrance, environmental aspects, native title and land rights. Published: …
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Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2020, gold accounted for 97.2 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective shares of manganese, bauxite and diamond were. 2.25 per cent, 0.54 per cent and 0.01 per cent.
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1.2 Legal and Regulatory Framework of Small Scale Mining in Ghana The series of laws and regulations that constitute the Ghanaian small scale mining regulatory framework are as follows: (a) 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (b) Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) (c) Minerals and Mining Regulations, 2012 (i) General (LI 2173)
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The mining code is fairly stable with minor fiscal revisions in 2010, 2013, and 2015. Government's recent policy interventions in the sector have focused on …
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The minerals sector accounted for over 16% of fiscal receipts by the Ghana Revenue Authority in 2014. Ghana is the second African country after South Africa and 9th in the …
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Minerals Commission. The Minerals Commission as the main promotional and regulatory body for the minerals sector in Ghana is responsible for the regulation and …
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Ghana's geological landscape teems with a variety of minerals with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2020, gold accounted …
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regulatory institutions to implement mining regulations at the local levels, especially in the mining districts or locations. " Eventhough, though the mining laws define the roles of all partner
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There is no consolidated law or regulation that governs ESG in Ghana. There are, however, varied laws and regulations that pertain to aspects of ESG in Ghana. These include: the 1992 Constitution of Ghana; the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651); the Environmental Protection Act, 1994 (Act 490); the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703);
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The key legislation regulating mining in Ghana is as follows: the 1992 Constitution of Ghana; the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as amended by the …
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The study determines the effects of mining on rural livelihoods, adopted strategies and the role of stakeholder and regulatory institutions. The study achieves this by investigating the status of key rural livelihood indicators, what influence the choice of livelihood strategies in mining communities and the assessment of institutional performance. The role of …
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mechanisms are not very well laid out, a situation which reflects weak regulatory institutions in the mining sector. Further, the legal and regulatory regime for environmental governance has failed to come up to international best practices. While government has an important role to play in the area of providing the legal
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The small-scale mining legislation of 1989, which was later changed under the 2006 Minerals and Mining Act (Act 703), aimed to regulate small-scale mining operations in Ghana. However, despite several institutional and regulatory reforms enacted since 1989, the mining industry continues to be plagued by allegations of …
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The Minerals and Mining (Support Services) Regulations, 2012 (L.I 2174) The Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical) Regulations, 2012 (L.I 2182) Other legislative and regulatory provisions have relevance for mining operations in Ghana including the following; Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) Environmental Protection Agency …
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CHAPTER 23 A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana Alex Osei-Kojo and Nathan Andrews IntroductIon Recent reports indicate that 'illegal' artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) continues to flourish in mining communities in Ghana, despite several attempts by governmental apparatuses to stop ...
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the Minerals Commission, to tackle illegal mining in Ghana. Despite the efforts of these committees and the state agencies, the steady growth of illegal mining in Ghana raises …
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This chapter assesses the role that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has played in implementing environmental laws and regulations in the country.1 As Ghana marks three decades of constitutional rule, it is necessary to discuss the importance of EPA in the era of sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development is ...
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