Community-company relations in gold mining in Ghana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 571-586

  Garvin, Theresa ^a   McGee, Tara K ^a   Smoyer Tomic, Karen E ^a   Aubynn, Emmanuel Ato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community development; CSR; Environmental impacts; Ghana; Gold; Mining

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD MINES; MINING;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; GHANA; GLOBALISATION; GOLD; GOLD MINING; INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS; WASSA WEST DISTRICT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GOLD;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOITATION; GLOBALIZATION; GOLD; MINING; PERCEPTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; INTERVIEW; MINING; PERCEPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 55549107168     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. Adadey E. The role of the mining industry in the economy of Ghana. Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Mining Industry and the Environment (1997), University of Science and Technology/International Development Research Centre Environmental Research Group, Accra, Ghana 10-17
2. Addo, B.O., 1999. Problems and Solutions - Mining Sector. In: Proceedings of the Western Region Investment Conference: The Key to Ghana's Development in the 21st Century. Available from: http://www.ghanachamines.com/Ipa_print information.asp (accessed 14.01.02).
3. Aidan D. Social responsibility and government. Mining Environmental Management 7 (1999) 16-17
4. Aidoo J. Surface mining takes 70 percent of Tarkwa land. Accra Mail (27 November 2002) (accessed 05.12.04)
5. Akabzaa, T., Darimani, A., 2001. The Impact of Mining Sector Investment: a Study of the Tarkwa Mining Region. A Draft Report. Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN), Accra, Ghana.
6. Al-Hassan S., Mireku-Gyimah E., and Suglo R.S. Mining and the environment in Ghana: an economic controversy. Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Mining Industry and the Environment (1997), University of Science and Technology/International Development Research Centre Environmental Research Group 95-102
7. Anaman, J.K., 2002. Keynote Address by the President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines at the Two Day Mining Conference on Mining, Environment and Sustainable Development, February 21-22, 2002. Mining, environment and sustainable development. Available from: www.ghanachamines.com/Ipa_printinformation.asp (accessed 20.07.02).
8. Anderson C.L., and Bieniaszewska R.L. The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in an oil company's expansion into new territories. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 12 (2005) 1-9
9. Annin T.E. Gold in Ghana (1992), Selwyn Publishers Ltd., London, UK
10. Antwi H. Mining and community relations: learning from the Prestea episode. General News (2002). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php%3FID%3D294 93 15 November 2002. Available from:www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=29493(acc essed 30.01.06)
11. Aryee B.N. Ghana's mining sector: its contribution to the national economy. Resource Policy 27 (2001) 61-75
12. Aubynn, A.K., 1997. Liberalism and Economic Adjustment in Resource Frontiers: Land-based Resource Alienation and Local Responses. A Reflection from Western Ghana. Working Paper 9/97. Helsinki, Finland: University of Helsinki, Institute for Development Studies.
13. Aubynn, E.A., 1998. The Socio-economic and Environmental Implications of Mining Activities of the New Abosso Goldfields Limited (AGL) on Damang Area. BA thesis, University of Science and Technology, Department of General and African Studies.
14. Aubynn E.A. The Process of Negotiation: Kyekyewere Resettlement/Relocation Project (1999), Abosso Goldfields Ltd, Damang, Ghana
15. Aubynn, E.A., 2003. Community Perceptions of Mining in Ghana. Unpublished Master's thesis from Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
16. Ballard C., and Banks G. Resource wars: the anthropology of mining. Annual Review of Anthropology 32 (2003) 287-313
17. Banks G. Mining and the environment in Melanesia: contemporary debates reviewed. The Contemporary Pacific 14 1 (2002) 39-67
18. Baxter J., and Eyles J. Evaluating qualitative research in social geography: establishing 'rigour' in interview analysis. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 22 4 (1997) 505-525
19. Bazeley P., and Richards L. The NVivo Qualitative Project Book (2000), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA
20. Bickerstaff K. Risk perception research: socio-cultural perspectives on the public experience of air pollution. Environment International 30 (2004) 827-840
21. Boateng A. Some emerging concerns on surface gold mining in Ghana. Environmental Protection Agency Newsletter vol. 1 (1997), EPA-GHANA, Accra, Ghana (7), pp. 5-8
22. Bridge G. Mapping the bonanza: geographies of mining investment in an era of neoliberal reform. The Professional Geographer 56 3 (2004) 406-421
23. Brohman J. Popular Development (1996), Blackwell Publishers, London, UK
24. Brown P. Popular epidemiology and toxic waste contamination: land and professional ways of knowing. Journal of Health and Social Behaviour 33 3 (1992) 267-281
25. Burge R.J. A Community Guide to Social Impact Assessment (1995), Social Ecology Press, Middleton
26. Conduah, C.A.K., 1996. Wassa Fiase Traditional Council Report on Surface Mining Activities: A Preliminary Report on Findings. Tarkwa, Ghana: Banamey Printing Press.
27. Dalsted N.L., Leholm N.E., Coon R.C., Hertsgaard T.A., and Leistritz F.L. Economic effects. In: Leistritz F.L., and Hertsgaard T.A. (Eds). Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts of a Coal Gasification Plant in Western North Dakota (1980), North Dakota State University, ND 95-139
28. Downing T.E., Moles J., McIntosh I., and Garcia-Downing C. Indigenous People and Mining: Strategies and Tactics for Encounter (2002), International Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development (IIESD), London, UK
29. Dumett R.E. El Dorado in West Africa: The Gold Mining Frontier, African Labor and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold-coast (1998), Ohio University Press, Athens, OH
30. Elkington J. Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (1998), New Society Publishers, Stony Creek, CT
31. Epps J.M. The social agenda in mine development. Industry and Environment 20 4 (1997) 33-35
32. Garriga E., and Mele D. Corporate social responsibility theories: mapping the territory. Journal of Business Ethics 53 1/2 (2004) 51-71
33. General News. Cyanide spillage attributed to faulty design and heavy rain. General News (2001). Available from: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=20159 (accessed 30.01.06)
34. Ghana Minerals Commission. Production and Revenue Statistics for the Mineral Sector, the Second Quarter 2001 (2001), The Minerals Commission, Accra, Ghana
35. Ghana News Agency. Mining companies provide 100 billion cedis to support communities. Available from: (2003). www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/artikel.php?ID=39194 (accessed 20.07.03)
36. Government of Ghana, 1980. Report of the Committee for Increased Gold Output in Ghana. New York, NY: United Nations.
37. Government of Ghana. Economic Recovery Programme (1984), Government Printer, Accra, Ghana
38. Habirono H. Community based sustainable development: a corporate social responsibility. Mining Environmental Management 9 4 (2001) 87-97
39. Hamann R. Corporate social responsibility, partnerships, and institutional change: the case of mining in South Africa. Natural Resources Forum 28 4 (2004) 278-290
40. Hills J., and Welford R. Profits, pollution and prison: a case study of gold mining in Indonesia. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 12 (2005) 105-113
41. Hilson G. Putting theory into practice: how has the gold mining industry interpreted the concept of sustainable development?. Mineral Resources Engineering 10 4 (2001) 397-413
42. Hilson G., and Murck B. Sustainable development in the mining industry: clarifying the corporate perspective. Resource Policy 26 (2000) 227-238
43. Hilson G., and Nyame F. Gold mining in Ghana's forest reserves: a report on the current debate. Area 38 2 (2006) 175-185
44. Humphreys D. Sustainable development: can the mining industry afford it?. Resource Policy 27 (2001) 1-7
45. Huqq M.M. The Economy of Ghana: The First 25 Years Since Independence (1989), Macmillan Press, Hong Kong
46. Idemudia U., and Ite U. Corporate-community relations in Nigeria's oil industry: challenges and imperatives. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 13 (2006) 194-206
47. Ite U. Multinationals and corporate social responsibility in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11 (2004) 1-11
48. Jenkins H. Corporate social responsibility and the mining industry: conflicts and constructs. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11 (2004) 23-34
49. Kampfner J. Ghana - prisoner of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). BBC News (2001) November 5, 2001
50. Kitula A.G.N. The environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining on local livelihoods in Tanzania: a case study of Geita District. Journal of Cleaner Production 14 (2006) 405-414
51. Konadu-Agyemang K. The best of times and worst of times: structural adjustment programmes and uneven development in Africa: the case of Ghana. The Professional Geographer 52 3 (2000) 469-483
52. Kumah A. Sustainability and gold mining in the developing world. Journal of Cleaner Production 14 (2006) 315-323
53. Lewis G.T. Addressing the galamsey problem: the view from the Ghana Chamber of Mines. Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Mining Industry and the Environment (1997), University of Science and Technology/International Development Research Centre Environmental Research Group, Accra, Ghana 53-69
54. Lyon D. How can you help organizations change to meet the corporate responsibility agenda?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11 (2004) 133-139
55. Madeley J. Big Business, Poor People: The Impact of Transnational Corporations on the World's Poor (1999), Zed Books Ltd., London, UK
56. McAllister M.L., and Milioli G. Mining sustainability: opportunities for Canada and Brazil. Minerals and Energy 15 (2000) 3-14
57. McMahon G., and Strongman J. The rise of communities. Mining Environmental Management 7 (1999) 8-11
58. Miniru A. Monitor hits newsstand. General News (2002). Available from: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=24748 (accessed 11.06.02)
59. Muradian R., Marinez-Alier J., and Correa H. International capital versus local population: the environmental conflict of the Tambogrande Mining Project, Peru. Society and Natural Resources 16 (2003) 775-792
60. Neuman W.L. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. fourth ed. (2000), Allyn and Bacon, Boston
61. Ogola J.S., Mitullah W.V., and Omulo M.A. Impact of gold mining on the environment and human health: a case study in the Migori Gold Belt, Kenya. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 24 (2002) 141-158
62. People's Daily Graphic. The threat of mine pollution. Section 1. People's Daily Graphic (7 November 1996) 10-11
63. Portes A. Neoliberalism and the sociology of development: emerging trends and unanticipated facts. In: Roberts T., and Hite A. (Eds). From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change (2000), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK 353-372
64. Reichardt M. Mining in Ghana - golden future for the galamsey. The Ethical Corporation (2007). Available from: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_print.asp?ContentID=4984 (accessed 20.06.07)
65. Richards J.P. Sustainable development and the minerals industry. Economic Geologists Newsletter 48 1 (2002) 8-12
66. Rickson R.E., Lane M., Lynch-Blosse M., and Western J.S. Community, environment and development: impact assessment in resource-dependent communities. Impact Assessment 13 4 (1995) 347-370
67. Salami M.B., and Tsekpor A. Socio-economic Baseline Study of Communities in the Catchment Area of Productive Mining Sites in Ashanti and Western Regions in Ghana (2000), The Ghana Chamber of Mines, Accra, Ghana
68. Schaefer A. Corporate sustainability - integrating environmental and social concerns?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11 (2004) 179-187
69. Suglo R.S. Mining in Ghana: towards More Foreign Exchange Earnings and a Green Earth. Chamber of Mines Day Seminar (1999), School of Mines Press
70. Sumi L., and Thomson S. Mining in Remote Canada: Issues and Impacts - a Community Primer. Mining Watch Canada (2001). http://www.miningwatch.ca/updir/mine_impacts_kit.pdf (accessed 31.01.06)
71. Sweeting A.R., and Clark A.P. Slightening the Lode: A Guide for Responsible Large-scale Mining (2000), Conservation International, Washington, DC
72. Thomson I., and Joyce S.A. Mineral exploration and the challenge of community relations. The PDAC Communique 1 (2000) 1-9
73. Veiga M.M., Scoble M., and McAllister M. Mining with communities. Natural Resources Forum 25 (2001) 191-202
74. WWDA. Development Plan: 1996-2000 (1996), Wassa West District Administration, Tarkwa, Ghana