Tag Archives: Mining
In recent times, hardly does a week pass without a report in the media on the issue of illegal mining, stories of galamsey operators exchanging fire with security personal and some being trapped and killed underground keep coming in by … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Forestry Commission, Galamsey, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mining, Niger Delta, United States
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Badu, K Actually, potential economic benefits (tax revenues, and development outcomes) can be derived from small-scale mining. It is also true that small-scale mining is a significant contributor to the economic and social well-being of many people and households in … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Artisanal mining, Ghana, Ghanaians, Hansol, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, John Dramani Mahama, Mining, Overseas Chinese
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Dangote Industries PLC applied for silica exploration license in Ethiopia. Silica is the major raw material for glass manufacturing. Dangote applied for the mining license to establish a glass manufacturing plant. Dangote has also commenced work on cement manufacturing plant … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pan African News
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Tagged Aliko Dangote, Cement, Dangote Group, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Mining, Nigeria, West Africa
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November 8, 2012 by benim
By Madeline R. Young The South African economy has recently taken a major blow due to a much-reported epidemic of labour disputes in the mining industry. Approximately 50,000 mine workers have gone on strike across companies, with violent clashes leading … read more »
South Africa — The shock, the mourning, and now the questions 10 days after the shoot-out in a South African platinum mine in which police killed 34 striking miners. The tragedy laid bare the harsh living conditions of the workers … read more »
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As mining activities threaten sustainable development efforts By Yaw Adu-Gyamfi Increasingly, Ghana has been caught on the wrong side of mining activities from almost every corner of the country. Week in and out, news filters in about pollution of streams … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa Mining Vision, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Artisanal mining, breaking news, East Africa, Environmental impact assessment, Executive order, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Kumasi, Mining, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, United States Environmental Protection Agency, West Africa
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Benjamin Tetteh In December last year a group of women in Dumase, a community near Bogoso in the Western Regionof Ghana, blocked the road leading to the site of the mining company operating in the area, Golden Star Resources, to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Body of water, Bogoso, breaking news, District Assembly, East Africa, Ghana, Golden Star, Golden Star Resources, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Mining, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Prestea, West Africa
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“There should be a decision on the role of the state in the mining industry. It’s a major issue for discussion,” he told SABC radio news. “Everyone agrees that the mining industry is doing well, but around every mine you … read more »
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Johannesburg – Australian and Brazilian mining giants are moving villagers to land insufficient for farming and far from jobs to make way for coal projects in central Mozambique, and then sidelining local entrepreneurs as they exploit the region’s natural resources, … read more »
Posted in Mozambique, News, Southern Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mining, Mozambique, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Rio Tinto, Southern Africa, Tete Province, Vale
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Gold Fields chief executive Nick Holland said on Monday he was concerned about Ghana’s move to increase corporate taxes on the mining sector to 35 percent from 25 percent. “It is a source of deep concern to us,” Holland … read more »
South Africa’s Mines Minister Susan Shabangu said she is confident that a government-set ownership target for blacks in the mining sector would be exceeded and, if the process was done right, the policy may no longer be needed. The government’s … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African National Congress, All Africa, Arab League, Bheki Cele, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jacob Zuma, Mining, North Africa, Pan African News, Reuters, South Africa, Southern Africa, Susan Shabangu, West Africa
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‘’May our oil be the true ‘’Black Gold’’ which brings the Black Star of Africa more blessing than Gold brought the Gold Coast.’’ – Kofi Bentil I do not have to consult the Napoleon Book of Faith nor use the … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Business, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Accra, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Business, East Africa, Ghana, Gold Coast, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kwame Nkrumah, Mining, North Africa, Obuasi, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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November 19, 2010 by benim
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – An explosion ripped through a coal mine in New Zealand on Friday and around 30 workers were unaccounted for, police and the mining company said. Emergency services were racing to the Pike River Coal Processing Plant … read more »
Posted in Australia, Global Issues
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Tagged coal, coal mining, explosion, Gerry Brownlee, IndepthAfrica, John Canning, Mining, New Zealand, Oceania, World news
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October 16, 2010 by benim
Zambian police are investigating claims that managers at a Chinese-run coal mine in the south of the country shot and wounded at least 11 miners. Reports say the Chinese managers had opened fire on Friday because they felt threatened by … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Africa news, China, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Miner, Mining, Occupational safety and health, outhern Africa, Sinazongwe, Zambia
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