A 'Kimberley protest': Diamond mining, export sanctions, and poverty in Akwatia, Ghana

Hilson, Gavin; Clifford, Martin

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Section: Mapping Informal Asm Economies In Sub‐saharan Africa: the Camentioning

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“…Yet, it has been solely this ‘marriage of convenience’ that has kept it afloat. Whereas in 1989, tributers were producing 40 per cent of GCD's diamonds, by 2001 this figure had risen to 95 per cent, and by 2007 almost 100 per cent; 865,610 carats, valued at over US$ 27 million, were mined by artisanal miners operating on the concession (Hilson, : 303; Hilson and Clifford, ). It is against the background of this network embeddedness that power and value are now explored.…”

Section: Mapping Informal Asm Economies In Sub‐saharan Africa: the Camentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Once approved, the tributer must pay compensation to the landowner and farmer (if present), at an amount decided by GCDL. As part of the formal process, the tributer is given a basic induction concerning security, health and safety and a list of 'do's' and 'don'ts', which are listed in Appendix 1 of the Tributer Mining System pack (GCD, 2011;Hilson and Clifford, 2010). The second development was the establishment of the Belgium Market, which -reinforcing points raised by Phillips (2011) -is very much at the interface of Ghana's formal and informal alluvial diamond mining economies.…”

Section: Gcdl) and Artisanal Miners A Company Official Elaborated Onmentioning

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Mapping Small‐scale Mineral Production Networks: The Case of Alluvial Diamonds in Ghana

McQuilken¹,

Hilson²

2018

Development and Change

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In recent years, donors and certain governments have committed to formalizing artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) — low‐tech, labour‐intensive mineral extraction and processing. Few, however, are able to do so effectively because of a limited knowledge of how the sector operates, who it employs and where the commodities it mines are being channelled. This article argues that a radical reconceptualization of ASM will be needed if these challenges are to be overcome. As a starting point, it calls on donors and policy makers to adopt the Global Production Network (GPN) as a ‘lens’ for analysing the sector's organizational structures. Popular in geography scholarship, the GPN, though rarely used to study the intricacies of largely informal sectors such as ASM, could prove valuable here, aiding with the mapping of key production processes. In this article, the GPN is applied to Ghana's artisanal diamond mining sector, yielding valuable insights into its organization, the roles played by the different individuals who populate it, and the nature of the relationships between these individuals. Such information is key to designing more robust formalization and support strategies for ASM in Ghana; more generally, the exercise provides important lessons for other governments working to achieve similar goals.

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Section: Mapping Informal Asm Economies In Sub‐saharan Africa: the Camentioning

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Section: Mapping Informal Asm Economies In Sub‐saharan Africa: the Camentioning

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Section: Gcdl) and Artisanal Miners A Company Official Elaborated Onmentioning

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Mapping Small‐scale Mineral Production Networks: The Case of Alluvial Diamonds in Ghana

McQuilken¹,

Hilson²

2018

Development and Change

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“…Sierra Leone is also a signatory to the Kimberley Process a global effort to prevent trade in conflict diamonds initiated in 2003. However, diamond smuggling remains a major concern, and as illustrated in Ghana poor implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) can perpetuate global–local inequities and exacerbate loss of livelihoods and poverty in mining area communities (Hilson and Clifford 2010). Maconachie and Binn (2007) highlight the importance of basing future sustainable development policy in Sierra Leone on a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between diamond mining and rural development at local, national and regional levels.…”

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Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions

Akiwumi

2011

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This paper draws upon a world-system core-periphery framework to examine the nature and causes of persistent low-level conflict in Sierra Leonean mining regions. Conflict is endemic because of asymmetrical power relations between global core-state corporations and peripheral weak-state Sierra Leone, which are mirrored locally within its mining regions. Structural constraints inherent in these relationships generate and sustain socioeconomic, cultural and environmental inequities. The paper reveals the complex web of micropolitics in the mining locale core-periphery microcosm involving a weak state, exploitative corporations and oppressive traditional social hierarchies. The findings are relevant to effective policy making and conflict resolution.

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“…This blocks the perimeter when other investors are asking, and that often leads to lands conflict. As such, hampers the economic growths of Ivory Coast [4].…”

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Implication of New Advance Technology in Mining Industry and Its Application in Ivory Coast, China

Kouame¹

2017

Geomate

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ABSTRACT:The rapid progress of human society, where technology economics such as the natural sciences and social sciences converge, and a model union is a necessary system of science which guides system theory, control theory, information theory, the theory of dissipative structures, collaborative theory, and catastrophe theory as a link. The contributions of modern day science and technology have brought in numerous changes in a number of industries, such as mining. This research aims to show that through the findings of science and technology, economic, social, ecological and cultural complex large-scale systems, integration will eventually face rare development opportunities and challenges. The conclusion of this paper is that in the future, the application process of technology economics research will show the following trends: the study of complex technology; wide range of research areas, technology integration of economic theory, economic approach to intelligent technology, and low entropy of the system of technical economics.

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A 'Kimberley protest': Diamond mining, export sanctions, and poverty in Akwatia, Ghana

Cited by 36 publications

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Mapping Small‐scale Mineral Production Networks: The Case of Alluvial Diamonds in Ghana

Mapping Small‐scale Mineral Production Networks: The Case of Alluvial Diamonds in Ghana

Global Incorporation and Local Conflict: Sierra Leonean Mining Regions

Implication of New Advance Technology in Mining Industry and Its Application in Ivory Coast, China

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