Illegal mining in Ghana, particularly of gold, has become a major
issue and also raised concerns about water pollution and environmental
damage.
Last year hundreds of people, most of them from China,
were detained as the government began enforcing a law barring foreign
nationals from engaging in small-scale mining operations.
Ghana is
Africa's second-largest gold producer after South Africa and Chinese
nationals in particular have flocked to the country in search of the
yellow metal and their fortune.
Some Chinese, many of them from
Shanglin county in Guangxi province which also has a tradition of gold
mining, have agreed to leave voluntarily although others have been
repatriated
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/388694/china-to-work-with-ghana-on-illegal-mining-fm
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