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Speaking at the alternative World Economic Forum, WACAM leader Daniel Owusu-Koranteng described mining waste contaminated rivers and wells from which entire villages must drink.

A letter titled "REPORT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS AND ACCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATIONS OF NEWMONT AHAFO MINE" signed by Mr Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, Executive Director of Wacam, addressed ...

"They take the gold and leave these kinds of things," says Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, executive director and co-founder of the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM). Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, is the continent's second-biggest producer of gold, after South Africa.

Apr 25, 2006· Worst practices should be immediate halted, especially cyanide heap leach gold mining and submarine and riverine tailings disposal. For more information. Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) Ghana: phone: +1-720-352-6195 (only April 25 until April 27) or email:

By Daniel Owusu-Koranteng & Mrs Hannah Owusu-Koranteng. AN environmental buzzword, 'Water is Life' has been used to describe how essential water is to the sustenance of life. It is also common knowledge that mining is a major contributor to water and environmental pollution. Mining operations destroy both surface and ground water.

posted on: By William Yaw Owusu Wednesday July 7, 2010 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Wassa Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), Daniel Owusu-Koranteng says the country is becoming "overwhelmed" by problems in the mining .

Jan 23, 2006· The Ghana Institute of Journalism is objecting to a new public relations collaboration between the mining company Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. and the weekly newspaper "Junior Graphic" to make positive information about gold mining available to children in Ghana. ... WACAM Executive Director Daniel Owusu-Koranteng said at the press conference that ...

Tarkwa (W/R), Sept. 7, GNA - Mr Daniel Owusu Koranteng, Executive Director of Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) has said the mining activities of Bogoso Gold Limited (BGL) do not promote good neighbourliness.

Sep 10, 2018· At the onset of the third gold rush, the mining communities were organised around traditional structures which became targets of co-optation by the mining companies. ... Daniel Owusu-Koranteng .

Oct 08, 2019· Daniel Owusu Koranteng (with microphone) addressing the media yesterday in Tema. THE MARITIME and Dockworkers' Union (MDU) of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has expressed worry about the huge revenue losses and the resultant job losses that would hit the country's maritime industry, if government allows Meridian Port Services (MPS) to carry out the Terminal 3 concession agreement .

Apr 27, 2005· Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, Accra, Ghana Daniel Owusu-Koranteng is Executive Director of the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), a Ghanaian community-based non-profit organization with a mission to protect the environment, natural resources, and the rights of marginalized communities affected by mining.

CNN International, the world's renowned cable news channel, has profiled Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, founder of mining advocacy group WACAM, describing him as "a voice for Ghana's poor." He ...

According to Mr. Owusu-Koranteng, with the loss of livelihood some of the displaced people, especially the youth who do not have the skills required for permanent employment in mining companies, will be compelled to undertake employment in illegal gold mining activities.

Download Citation on ResearchGate | On Sep 1, 2008, Daniel Owusu-Koranteng and others published Mining Investment & Community Struggles

Accra, GNA - The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM) says Newmont Ghana Gold Limited could not distance itself from the arrest .

Apr 27, 2005· DANIEL OWUSU-KORANTENG, ACCRA, GHANA Daniel Owusu-Koranteng is Executive Director of the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), a Ghanaian community-based non-profit organization with a mission to protect the environment, natural resources, and the rights of marginalized communities affected by mining.

Madam Owusu-Koranteng, who was speaking at a press conference, said the lack of a viable mining policy had contributed to the country's inability to benefit from the windfall profits in the period of high gold .

Apr 07, 2012· In Ghana, a mining activist fights the gold goliaths. ... "They take the gold and leave these kinds of things," says Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, .

Apr 10, 2012· "They take the gold and leave these kinds of things," says Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, executive director and co-founder of the Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM). Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, is the continent's second-biggest producer of gold, after South Africa.

Mining companies take the gold and leave behind mountains of waste rock, says Ghanaian activist Daniel Owusu-Koranteng.Paul Carlucci, Special to the .

The Executive Director of Wacam, Mr Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, disclosed this while he was speaking to journalists at a media forum organised by Wacam at the Tomreik Hotel, East Legon in Accra recently. According to him, since the inception of Wacam 20 years ago, the organisation has struggled to stage its irresponsible mining advocacy campaign in ...

Owusu Koranteng receiving a Public Eye Award he won in 2011 Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, Executive Director of West Africa Communities against Mining (WACAM), has stated that efforts being made by ...

Jan 21, 2010· "The incident brings home the fact that Ghana needs very strong laws to regulate mining operations," said WACAM's Daniel Owusu-Koranteng. WACAM says the Ahafo gold mine, Newmont's first mine in Ghana, has been implicated in human rights abuses and irresponsible practices since before it began operating in 2006.

In separate police moves, some 25 Chinese nationals have been arrested this year for illegal mining. "Once the gold price starts growing, that's the motivation," said Daniel Owusu-Koranteng ...
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