Socio Economic Impacts Of Gold Mining

The background of the situation is essential to understand its full impact From the way Nigeria was colonized, it was clear from the start that it would bode ill for the future inhabitants of Nigeria. Beginning in the 19th century, the British started to make their presence felt along the coast. In earlier

The relationship between the geography of West Africa and the development of the Kingdom of Ghana go hand in hand. It was a great place for civilization because it flourished over time. The Kingdom of Ghana’s development was helped because of trade and wealth.

Thousands of people migrating west, new opportunities coming their way, heading towards the gold found in San Francisco. After gold found in the state of California, thousands of people came over there to mine the gold and get rich, making the Gold Rush largest migration in world history. So many people came to California that the state became the most diverse state in the United States. Although there were positive attributes to the Gold Rush, the Gold Rush mostly had a negative effect on America because of the harsh journey and the ruined landscape.

Mining is one of Canada’s primary industries and involves the extraction, refining, and/or processing of economically valuable rocks and minerals. Mineral products – including gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel – are critical to modern industrial society. Although mining has been key to Canadian settlement and development, in recent decades the industry has also been criticized for its environmental and social impacts. Canada remains one of the world’s leading mining countries and has become a centre of global mining finance and expertise.

Addressing the Canadian mining industry from an economic angle, one would agree that this industry has provided employment, revenue, community development and lots more to Canada especially to its local residents where mining firms are located. (M.A.C, 2014). Mining is amongst Canada's most essential economic sectors. It contributes enormously to Canada's gross domestic product. Part of the reasons why this industry has remained a key economic driver is that it has been able to remain competitive. For the industry to be competitive, they must have access to key market, a regulatory system that is efficient and a pool of talent to combat the shortage of skills.

Mining is becoming a vital part of the Bolivian economy and has known natural reserves, but due to lack of infrastructure and roads that travel across the

Mining is the process of extracting core minerals from the earth so that they may be used as the building blocks of our society. It is the process of harnessing these natural resources that are available and using them to create “prosperity” for not only the shareholders but also the employees and businesses that work with them and the community that surrounds them. People everywhere benefit from the services of mining because the modern conveniences that they utilize everyday such as cell phones and computers use materials that are extracted from mines. Mining impacts economies positively on both a personal level as well as on a mass scale.

Much of the information from this paper was constructed around the African survey conducted by McKinsey & Company, the number one consulting firm in the world.

Australia, the large Island continent, has been generously furnished with abundant natural resources. With these resources, not surprisingly the various kinds of industries utilizing these resources are emerged in Australia. One of the most important industries is mining. Australia has the world's largest reserves of several mineral commodities in both minerals and energy resources. The Mining sector includes all units mainly engaged in mining, including the mineral exploration, and the provision of a wide variety of services supporting mining and mineral exploration. The discovery of the gold in New South Wales and Victoria has forced Australia into the group leader in mining countries since 1851. This essay will focus on the mining in

Mining had been practicied for centuries already and has helped humans develop through civilizations and years of innovation. Even though we have been the benficiaries of mining, there has been a catch to all of this. Mining isnt beneficial because of companies treating miners really bad and because of its harm to the environment, therefore creating more of a danger to us. Even if the mining industry seems to never have an end to it, it can surpressed, in order to ensure a better environment for future generations to come.

However there is also a advantage for mining diamonds. This is most effective in Africa, diamonds is an essential part in Africa to increase the economic growth and therefore again increasing the GDP per capita in Africa. Some statistics have shown that if there wasn’t diamond mining in Africa.(DTC Indian Diamond shortage, n.d.) Africa will be in a even worse situation. An approximate 65% of the diamonds comes from Africa and some African countries such as Namibia have an annual export earning of 40%, therefore an big impact in the Namibia society. Also there it is known that because of diamond industry in Botswana children are able to have free education until the age of 13. (DTC Indian Diamond shortage, n.d.) Therefore from these sources it is shown that although the profit that is earned by mining diamonds are used in an incorrect way. However there are also positive impact on the society, as said above.

Although mining positively benefits the needs of people in our daily lives, but it has a negative downfall when it comes to environmental issues. To be capable of extracting the ores from deep below the earth’s surface, it requires miners to excavate the land, removing all necessary living things just to construct a pit to proceed with the operation. Forests being harvested, wildlife habitats being destroyed, Rivers being diverted to some other areas making other plantations die in dehydration. Not only the animals and plants suffer from the impacts of mining, people also faces problems ahead of them too. Mining impacts the people by forcing residents out from their lands, preventing the residents’ access to clean water source. The worst of all, residents exposed themselves to

THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI – NIKE ENUGU STATE.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a population of 177,155,754 and was governed by the British government till October 1st, 1960 when Nigeria gained independence. The Capital of Nigeria is Abuja located in the centre of the country. Nigeria is located in West Africa between Benin and Cameroon. Natural resources include natural

In the wake of the aforementioned factors and address resulting problems, previous and present governments of Ghana have made attempts to streamline the system through land policies and projects. The Land Administration Projects (LAP) is currently being implemented (Government of Ghana, 2008). This