Category: Gold
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🇬🇠Ghana Moves to End Raw Gold Exports as New Refining Rules Take Effect
By Panafrican.email News Desk Ghana, Africa’s leading gold-producing country, has tightened controls on gold exports as the government moves to retain more value from the country’s mineral wealth through domestic processing. Under a new directive from the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), unrefined gold doré can no longer be approved for export under the affected trading…
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🇬🇠Ghana’s Galamsey Crisis: How Illegal Gold Mining Is Poisoning Rivers, Destroying Forests, and Fueling Public Outrage
Ghana’s Western Region has become the epicenter of one of the country’s most pressing environmental and public health crises—illegal gold mining, locally known as galamsey. Once viewed by many as a means of survival and economic opportunity, galamsey has evolved into a nationwide challenge that is devastating forests, contaminating rivers, and threatening the livelihoods of…