Good quality water is a critical resource essential for human, animal and plant survival. However, globally, human activities both domestic and industrial continue to pose serious threat to the availability of quality water needed to meet growing demand especially in a period where climate change impact has worsened and the drive towards zero carbon emissions […]
The Artisanal Small Scale Gold Mining sector is the largest Mercury Polluter in the World
In its recent advisory on Africa’s gold sector, the US State Department has bemoaned the increasing use of mercury in ASGM despite the existence of mercury-free gold recovery methods and projects that seek to reduce the use of mercury in ASGM. According to the agency, the artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is […]
How changes in the small-scale mining sector are impacting the environment
The value of Ghana’s gold export receipts for 2022 alone is estimated to be US$ 6.6 billion. Meanwhile, the revenue accrued declined from US$ 6.779 billion in 2020 to US$ 5.083 billion in 2021. This was attributed to the contraction in gold production, particularly the near-collapse in the volume of gold exports by the small-scale […]