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Monday, October 8, 2012

Ghana's gold sparks conflict with illegal Chinese miners

"The involvement of the Chinese has changed the dynamic of small-scale mining," Toni Aubynn, head of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, said in an interview in the capital, Accra. "They use bulldozers, pay loaders and really heavy machinery. They have in fact mechanized artisanal mining and as a result the level of environmental devastation is huge."
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=159809&sn=Detail

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