Downloadable (with restrictions)! Production and consumption in our industrial systems typically begin in the extractive, mining, industries. Typically these activities begin in emerging economies, such as Ghana. It is also clear that supply chain activities in mining operations may have severe environmental and social problems with serious economic …
اقرأ أكثرThe mining industry is the largest tax-paying sector in the country and makes a significant contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. Ghana's mining sector pre-dates the colonial era. Historically, Ghana was known as the Gold Coast. Ghana is one of Africa's largest gold producers. Gold is the most …
اقرأ أكثرThe World Bank is to support the implementation of the Ghanaian government's Multi-Sectorial Integrated Mining Project (MSIMP) with an investment of $50m, of which $30m will be a loan and the remaining $20m a grant. The World Bank will provide a loan of $30m in addition to a grant of $20m. Credit: Daniel Afanador.
اقرأ أكثرHow Technology Can Transform Africa's Mining Industry Africa is abundant in natural resources. It is home to almost a third of the world's mineral reserves, 40% of the world's gold and as much as 90% of its chromium and platinum. Yet to unlock that resource richness, Africa's mining industry needs urgent modernisation.
اقرأ أكثرOne of the most prominent risks is cybersecurity in mining. The latest example is a cyberattack that hit industrial supplier Weir in October, and was described by its chief executive Jon Stanton as "a sophisticated external attack". While the company's own defences were able to shut down the attack before more significant damage was done ...
اقرأ أكثرSeventy-eight percent (78%) of the respondents envisaged that the adoption of AMS into the Ghanaian surface mining industry will have adverse effects, while 22% think otherwise. About 74.56% of the respondents cited unemployment as the main adverse effect that will result from the implementation of AMS (Fig. 17). Other adverse effects …
اقرأ أكثرThis study analyzed the impact of technological progress and digitization on Ghana's economy using panel data for the period 2009–2019. Technological progress and economic growth inter-dependency was analyzed in two steps. First, the relation was tested using Augmented Dickey–Fuller method.
اقرأ أكثرSecond, a focused investigation of GSCM in the Ghanaian mining industry context is non-existent; this work is the first to investigate this issue. Third, the focus on Ghana represents an emerging economy country focus on GSCM, an area that has not seen significant research in general, or specifically to the mining industry.
اقرأ أكثرInnovation in the backward linkage firms in Ghana's gold mining sector. Betty-Ann Ananeh-Frempong. Pages 5-11 | Published online: 11 Jun 2021. Cite this …
اقرأ أكثرPurpose There is limited empirical evidence regarding mental health in workplace settings in Africa. Gold mining is a major industry in Ghana, and this study investigated mental health-related symptoms and the factors contributing to such symptoms among employees in the Ghanaian. Methods A cross-sectional survey design study was …
اقرأ أكثرThis study on sustainable development issues in the mining sector and Ghanaian mining industry context can help improve the serious negative …
اقرأ أكثرMining is extremely important to the economy of Ghana and a major contributor to its GDP and the mining sector creates employment for many people. However, there are also many adverse effects of mining, as outlined here. The health impacts of mining on surrounding communities include increased risk of malaria, skin …
اقرأ أكثرMiningFrom The Report: Ghana 2022View in Online Reader. Mining. Mining is a key component of Ghana's national economy; the country is Africa's largest gold producer. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the mineral's prominent role, as gold is seen as a safe investment during uncertain times. While the mining sector faces challenges in terms ...
اقرأ أكثر2021 PERFORMANCE REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY IN GHANA Global Economic Developments in 2021. The tapering of lockdowns and other mobility …
اقرأ أكثرThe Mining sector is important for the Ghanaian Economy. The Mining industry of Ghana accounts for 5% of the country's GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over …
اقرأ أكثرPublished by the Ghana Chamber of Mines Ghana Chamber of Mines | #18 Gulf Street, South Legon | P.O. Box 991, Accra, Ghana communications@ghanachamberofmines In the Euro Area, a string of positive economic growth outturns accelerated the Area's recovery from its worst recession in nearly two decades.
اقرأ أكثرInnovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: …
اقرأ أكثر2. Methodology. The aim of this research was to identify barriers and enablers to technology adoption in the mining sector. This research was a part of a large-scale research program aimed to develop management tools to support innovation adoption and overcome barriers to change in the mining sector.
اقرأ أكثرPoor applicability of technologies to current processes, lack of access to standardised data, and issues with network connectivity were identified as technological barriers to innovation adoption, both broadly (Butler and Sellbom, 2002; Ramilo and Embi, 2014) and specifically in the mining sector (Gao et al., 2019).
اقرأ أكثرRapid advances in technological innovation, including through automation, digitization, and electrification, are having a fundamental impact on the mining sector. A few technologies reshaping the sector include autonomous vehicles, automated drilling and tunnel boring systems, drones and smart sensors. Governments will have to prepare and ...
اقرأ أكثرThe mining and extractive industry's operations have significant harmful environmental consequences. Mining companies have started adopting green supply …
اقرأ أكثرThe impact of the introduction of digital technologies on various stages of the value chain in mining industry is presented in Figure 3 [26]. The wide impact of IT on mining is forming a digital ...
اقرأ أكثرChamber of Mines, and Minerals Commission should be implemented in the AKOBEN framework to ensure appropriate reporting of corporate social responsibility. This. framework should encompass key stakeholders, such as anti-mining NGOs and activists, community leaders, and company directors and officers.
اقرأ أكثرPlease cite this article as: Chunguang Bai, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Joseph Sarkis, An Implementation Path for Green Information Technology Systems in the Ghanaian …
اقرأ أكثرA ban on small-scale mining operations in Ghana, which has been in place since January 2017 to crack down on illegal mining, has been lifted by the national government. The ban had been in place from January 2017, after illegal mining contributed to the destruction of water resources and forested areas. Credit: Wikimedia.
اقرأ أكثرLocal manufacturing in the backward linkage firms could increase employment in the mining industry and hence increase Ghanaian content and benefit from mining. 4. Conclusion. Although not all firms are Ghanaian owned, all the firms located in Ghana that supply to the mines have various degrees of Ghanaian content.
اقرأ أكثرAn implementation path for green information technology systems in the Ghanaian mining industry. Chunguang Bai, Simonov Kusi‐Sarpong, J. Sarkis. …
اقرأ أكثرDespite the dangers and hazards present in the mining industry, only few studies have focused on how occupational health and safety and turnover intentions in the mines. Method The study suing a cross-sectional survey design collected quantitative data from the 255 mine workers that were conveniently sampled from the Ghanaian mining …
اقرأ أكثرBuilding on the emerging literature on the psychology of working theory, this study aims to examine the impact of decent work on employees' mental health as well as the association between the dimensions of decent work on employees' mental health.,Quantitative data were collected from 260 employees working in the Ghanaian …
اقرأ أكثرThe results indicate that organizational trust has a significant positive impact on ethics training and ethics audit, which is critical to South Africa's mining industry.
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