{"id":230858,"date":"2024-10-12T15:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/hundreds-march-against-ghanas-damaging-informal-gold-mining-boom-world\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:51:10","slug":"hundreds-march-against-ghanas-damaging-informal-gold-mining-boom-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/hundreds-march-against-ghanas-damaging-informal-gold-mining-boom-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds march against Ghana&#8217;s damaging informal gold mining boom &#8211; World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<br \/>\n                             &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-11 order-1 order-lg-2\">\n<div class=\"zoomable-image mb-2 mb-lg-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture data-bs-toggle=\"modal\" data-bs-target=\"#imageModal\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width:1300px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.dunyanews.tv\/news\/2024\/October\/10-12-24\/news_big_images\/843681_19544423.jpg\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.dunyanews.tv\/news\/2024\/October\/10-12-24\/news_big_images\/843681_19544423.jpg\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.dunyanews.tv\/news\/2024\/October\/10-12-24\/news_big_images\/843681_19544423.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Hundreds march against Ghana's damaging informal gold mining boom\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/source><\/source><\/picture><i class=\"fas fa-search-plus fa-2x text-light\" data-bs-toggle=\"modal\" data-bs-target=\"#imageModal\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"category-name\"> World<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"section-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"section-header__title section-header__title--txtred\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t World\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Modal --><\/p>\n<div class=\"modal fade\" id=\"imageModal\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"imageModalLabel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\">\n<div class=\"modal-content\" wp_automatic_readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"modal-body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds march against Ghana's damaging informal gold mining boom\" src=\"https:\/\/img.dunyanews.tv\/news\/2024\/October\/10-12-24\/news_big_images\/843681_19544423.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-3\"> Hundreds march against Ghana&#8217;s damaging informal gold mining boom<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t    \t\t<!--summary-->&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"col-12\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p class=\"alert alert-primary shadow\"> Some 70%-80% of the small mines are unlicensed<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <!--summary-->\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n                        <!--article date time -->&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-end border-bottom d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between flex-column flex-xl-row py-2 mb-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                <time datetime=\"Sat, 12 Oct 2024\" class=\"publish-time\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    <strong style=\"color:#cf0000\">Updated On:<\/strong> Sat, 12 Oct 2024&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    20:40:05 PKT&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/time>\n                            <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <!--article date-->\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>ACCRA (Reuters) &#8211; Hundreds of people marched through Ghana&#8217;s capital Accra in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the dangerous and environmentally damaging practice.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Illegal small-scale gold mining known as &#8220;galamsey&#8221; in Ghana has picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small-scale mines produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the first seven months of this year, more than in the whole of 2023, according to data from Ghana&#8217;s mining sector regulator.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>But the boom in a practice that harms miners&#8217; health, pollutes waterways, destroys forests and cocoa farms, and fuels crime has spurred calls and protests to clamp down. It has also become a hot button electoral issue as Ghana heads to the polls on Dec 7 for a general election.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds took part in an &#8220;environmental prayer walk&#8221; against galamsey on Friday that involved handing a petition for a ban on informal mining to the president&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The march followed plans by labour unions for a nationwide strike against galamsey this week that were partially called off after the government made promising provisions, according to local media reports citing the organisers.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com%2Freuters%2FKZBEDTYPDZOJ7NXENAMME3UKOM.jpg?auth=c78d8f8c7c43a3b1fabed09b1a4ebdb1dc5fdd46763e3e4708fd78ca67c869cb&amp;width=960&amp;quality=80\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The government is under pressure to appeal to voters that will elect the next president of the West African gold- and cocoa-producing nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has grappled with the country&#8217;s worst economic crisis in a generation and a massive debt overhaul that has heavily impacted people&#8217;s livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>About 40% of Ghana&#8217;s total gold output comes from small-scale mines, as opposed to concessions operated by multi-national firms. 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