Mining and Development in Ghana
Towards sustainable economic development in the gold mining areas of South Africa and Ghana
... the mining industry to be ...1972. Ghana produced and bought its own minerals during this ...of mining capital and political instability that followed independence crippled gold mining ...
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Corporate Responsibility in Peace building, Conflict Prevention and Development: The Role of the Mining Sector in Ghana
... the Ghana Manganese Companies Limited contributed US$200,000 in educational development at the University of Mines in Tarkwa, ...Sandvic Mining Company spent US$590,000 for the training of ...
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CSR and Sustainable Development in the Mining Industry: The case of Newmont Ghana Gold.
... that mining company’s CSR programmes tend to focus on community initiatives, because that is where their impact on economic, social and environment is most greatly ...some mining companies, they are still ...
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Accounting and sustainable development practices: an interpretive study of a mining company in Ghana
... As mentioned in chapter 1, my study applies notions associated with stakeholder theory, in particular that, like any company, Gold Fields has a variety of stakeholders and it is likely that they have different opinions ...
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Is gold mining a bane or a blessing in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana
... companies. Mining in Ghana’s western region, where gold is mainly exploited, presents different situations with greater expectations for community ...In Ghana, host communities to multinational companies ...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Gold Mining Industry : The Ghana Experience
... gold mining has resulted in numerous negative health and environmental hazards (Tables 1-2, 1-3, 1-4 and ...gold mining regions due to inefficient environmental management practices, leakages and spills ...
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Governing access to gold in Ghana: In-depth geopolitics on mining concessions
... gold mining in the western region of Ghana, we were invited to visit a concession where the Canadian mining company Keegan Resources was about to move from the stage of exploration to industrial ...
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CSR communication : a study of multinational mining companies in Southern Ghana
... The definition is frequently biased in favour of specific interests, which could sometimes prevent the concept’s development and implementation (Dahlsrud, 2006). This variety of concepts and definitions which make ...
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Investigating Performance Indictors Disclosure in Sustainability Reports of Large Mining Companies in Ghana
... and mining (Clarkson et al., 2008; Alazzani and Wan-Hussin, 2013). In Ghana, the mining sector, regulated by Minerals and Mining Act of 2006 (Act 703), is the most important strategic industry ...
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ELIMINATION OF WASTE AND INEFFICIENCIES THROUGH LEAN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT IN MINING INDUSTRIES, GHANA
... Maintenance in every organization has become a management issue, causing an organization to align its objectives of ensuring an incremental of value to its customers. The introduction of lean is caused by reduction in ...
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Impacts of Gold Mining on Rice Production in the Anum Valley of Ghana
... Generally, the concentration of iron in soils ranges from 0.5% - 5.0% [37]. The soil iron concentrations recorded for Nobewam and Odumase, therefore, fall within acceptable limits. Nonetheless, the strong relationship ...
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We move with water and gold: The scales of urban mining in the south-west of Ghana
... of development: a narrative where “progress implies that difference is a deficit to overcome” (Mosse ...in Ghana the distribution of income by quintile has been almost the same in the last 20 years 11 ...
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Baseline malaria vector transmission dynamics in communities in Ahafo mining area in Ghana
... The survey documented important malaria vector indices associated with a large mining development in a rural area. At the community level, malaria vector transmission is primarily determined by prevailing ...
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Internalizing the Negative Externalities of Mining in Ghana: Should Corporate Social Responsibility Be Voluntary?
... the mining sector companies together offer about 20,000 direct jobs whilst mining support industries and institutions such as assay laboratories, contract miners, explosive companies, restaurants, transport ...
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Small-Scale Mining and Empowerment of Women in the Adansi North District, Ghana
... community development and decision-making, nutrition, ...community development before joining SSM? To clearly understand the issue of empowerment, the women were first asked if their involvement in SSM had ...
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Employee motivation and work performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana
... the mining industry where government and private individuals have a stake in its ...as mining operation is still important to national development, it is essential to compare employee motivation and ...
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Investigating Performance Indictors Disclosure in Sustainability Reports of Large Mining Companies in Ghana
... the development of measures which can provide companies with opportunities to adopt them to fit locally because it includes different industries with their technological and economic impacts on the environment and ...
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Physico-Chemical Quality Of Water In The Gold Mining Areas Of Bibiani, Ghana
... The development of every nation depends largely on its well-managed ...In Ghana surface gold mining operations generate substantial revenue for the ...the mining industry ...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Performance: A Case Study of Mining Companies in Ghana
... the Ghana Stock Exchange are very much aware of their societal obligations and therefore make effort to address most of the concerns raised by their major ...in Ghana are aware of the importance as well as ...
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Mining our lives out: A food security approach to mining operation in Asutifi District of Ghana
... of development, the district is mainly rural and one of the most deprived districts in the Brong Ahafo ...between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire before discharging into the Atlantic ...of Ghana (Walker, ...
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