(Bloomberg) -- There’s no escaping gold in Tarkwa. It’s in the forest. It’s under your feet as you walk the streets of Ghana’s biggest mining town. It’s the economy. Exposed holes in the ground bear ...

Feature / As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. Jocelyn C. Zuckerman This article was produced in ...

As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. An unhappy prospect: A group of men engaged in illegal gold mining ...

As gold prices surge, Ghana has introduced a new' sliding-scale' to capture more royalties from its mined gold. For over a decade, Ghana, Africa's top gold producer, levied a flat 5% royalty on gold ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Citing threats not only to the country’s economy but also its environment and public health, Catholic religious in Ghana have dedicated 2024 to a fight against illegal mining in ...

On Dec. 10, 2025, Ghana’s government revoked one of the worst pieces of environmental legislation in our country’s history. The decision to therefore ban mining in Ghana’s forest reserves marked a ...

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