This paper examines large and small-scale mining in Ghana's largest diamond mining town, Akwatia, and their relative impact on environmental degradation, health, and the livelihood of artisanal miners.

Ghana diamonds occur in stream gravels of the Birim River Valley (Fig. 1), discovered originally in 1919 at Abomoso. The largest mining operation in the Birim diamond ®eld is located in the ...

Diamond Digging in Ghana. Artisanal miners work a deposit near Ghana's Birim River. Akwatia, Ghana, is a town built by diamonds. Rows of low, corrugated rooftops branch out from the old town center. On the outskirts, where the small-scale farms begin, an occasional mansion rises beside the highway.

Ghana's history with mining dates back to pre-colonial times, and it has been a major contributor to the country's economy since independence. Ghana is rich in gold, diamonds, bauxite, and manganese. Mining contributes about 5.7% to Ghana's GDP and makes up 40% of the country's exports.

Ghana currently produces about 500,000 carats of rough diamonds annually. This is made up of mixed parcels. The Company acquires its rough diamonds mainly from the private diamond winners which include individual small-scale diamond mining companies.

Using a methodology integrating geologic evidence, digital terrain modeling, and field mapping, approximately 91,600,000 carats of diamonds were estimated to be remaining in Ghana, with an annual...

Ghana's geological landscape teems with diverse mineral resources with the commercially exploited ones being gold, diamond, manganese and bauxite. In 2021, gold accounted for 96.98 per cent of gross mineral revenue while the respective shares of manganese, bauxite and diamond were 2.57 per cent, 0.42 per cent and 0.03 per cent.

After 2.0 Ga 177 primary diamond deposits occur in kimberlitic pipes and dykes,... area of approximately 400,000 km2 extending from Ghana, 229 Togo, and Burkina Faso to Niger. It is positioned

The temporary ban on official exports of Ghanaian diamonds from late-2006 to early-2007 appears to have been a major causative factor responsible for the shift from diamond to gold mining (or a combination thereof) in the Akwatia area.

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