‘It is a hazard to our nation and the region’

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‘It is a hazard to our nation and the region’

Eight people in eastern Ghana have been arrested for ******** mining, according to

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The mining had been polluting local water supplies, but miners had continued regardless. The local government’s Eastern Regional Security Council confiscated 24 excavator batteries, 16 pumping machines, a chainsaw, three monitors, five control boards, three single-barrel guns, two pump-action rifles, cartridges, and cash in the police action.

While the exact type of mining wasn’t announced, Ghana is the

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in the world, per Gold.org, and another mining operation was recently shut down for illegally harvesting gold.

Extractive industries have deep human and environmental tolls. Child labor has been employed in other African nations for mining, while tailing ponds have rendered rivers poisonous in others. Some mining operations have destroyed great ape habitat, adding more pressure on stressed populations.

Regulations can help improve working and ecological conditions. South Africans, for example, are

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to lessen environmental impacts, per the Conversation. Artisanal mining is especially dangerous since it lacks safety protocols and government oversight, but

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may yield better working standards by documenting the chain of custody of minerals, the Atlantic Council revealed.

Maintaining robust enforcement and strong laws against ******** mining can help preserve ecosystems and vital water supplies used by nearby communities. Gold mines in Australia and Idaho are just a few that have faced the legal limits of their operation.

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While arresting eight ******** miners is good news, there’s more progress to be made. Ghana’s president has already committed to banning mining in protected forests. Ghanaian authorities were resolute in continuing to crack down on ongoing ******** mining operations.

“For the past days, we have been combing the Eastern region with our military and police to make sure the mandate by the president is obeyed,” said regional minister Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, per

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“If you go around, our waters are so bad, the environment is destroyed, pits are uncovered, our forest is being destroyed. It is a hazard to our nation and the region, so for the few days our men have been on the ground and here you are with several excavators that have been seized from them.”

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