The Petroleum Act 2019 itself already provides a comprehensive framework that guides the development of regulations to implement local content and has a suggestion on how mining communities can be ...

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has said the recently passed Local Content and Local Participation regulations for Ghana's mining sector would have been best if it provides ...

Furthermore, whilst Local Content seems to be a recent fad, the policy has reflected in Ghana's mining legislation, since the Minerals and Mining Law PNDC Law 153 of 1986. The Law required that mining companies procured inputs from Ghana to the maximum extent possible consistent with the economy, efficiently and safely.

Journal of Energy Research and Reviews . 3(4): 1-10, 2019; Article no.JENRR.52581 ... Ghana Local Content Regulation 2013 . the industry. ... perform better than the mining sector in Ghana.

Ghana legally recognizes ASM as a legitimate livelihood source with formalization blueprints for operators. However, the regulation of ASM activities in Ghana can largely be described as unsuccessful. Evidence shows that more than 85% of small-scale mining operations still occur in the informal and illegal sector of the economy …

Synopsis –Ghana mining sector Highlights • The local content framework is set out briefly in the mining legislation, with more detail provided in the general mining regulations. Unlike in Ghana's petroleum sector, there are no regulations dedicated to local content. • The focus of the local content framework is on

The Minerals and Mining industry in Ghana is the latest member of the extractive sector to issue consolidated and dedicated local content and local participation regulations for the sector. The Minerals and Mining (Local Content and Local Participation) Regulations, 2020 (L.I. 2431) (the "Regulations"), which came into force on 16th

petroleum (local content and local participation regulations 2013, (l.i 2204) In November 2013, LI2204 was promulgated to inter alia promote maximisation of value-addition and job creation through the use of local …

My objective is to examine the reasons behind the implementation of mining sector reforms through local content in Guinea, thereby revealing the dynamics, …

Analyses the special role of local content policies in mining, due to specific features of the sector. Examines successful local content policies as results of policy …

Options for increasing local participation in the oil and gas industry in Ghana. In the quest to enhance the capacity of Ghanaian firms to take advantage of local content policy …

Local content policies refer to policies which seek to increase the percentage of a mine's capital expenditure and/or operating expenditure which goes …

Abstract and Figures. Since 2012, Ghana has been implementing local procurement regulations in the mining sector to broaden and deepen linkages between mining and other sectors of the economy. The ...

1.1 What regulates mining law? The key legislation regulating mining in Ghana is as follows: the 1992 Constitution of Ghana; the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 900) and the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995); and. the Minerals …

1. Local content guidelines and decision tree: IGF developing a tool to help better understand local content policy objectives, tools and legal environment. Also a pedagogical tool to help in the decision making process, when a country want to design a local content policy. 1. National supply chain development programme: Tailor-made national

Sustainability of Artisa nal Gold Mining Sector Leonard L. Tampushi 1*, John M. Onyari 2 and Nzioka J. Muthama 1 1 Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies, University of ...

Local content has, to date, focused on the oil and gas sector where regulations and institutional controls, at least in West Africa, are now entrenched. This is changing, and there are early signs of a wave of local content regulation in the mining sector, which is likely to coincide with an upturn in the fortunes of both precious and base ...

18 rowsThe future of local content regulations in mining. Local content regulation is sometimes misused to provide preferential treatment and support to local …

At present, there is an over-concentration of the mining of Ghana's more traditional minerals such as gold, diamond, bauxite, and manganese. For more information on Ghana's mining sector, contact the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ghana, Commercial Specialist PaaEkow Quansah at [email protected] or Tel: +233(0)30 …

Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector: Scaling up local procurement 3.0 DEFINING LOCAL PROCUREMENT Local procurement refers to the purchase of goods and …

6.2 Literature Review . This study relates to several strands of literature. First, it connects to the literature on the impact of environmental regulations on the development and diffusion of clean technologies (i.e. technologies that aim to reduce the environmental impact of production processes, such as energy-efficient, water-saving or renewable …

The Minerals and Mining industry in Ghana is the latest member of the extractive sector to issue consolidated and dedicated local content and local participation regulations for the sector. The Minerals and …

Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector: Scaling up local procurement 1.0 INTRODUCTION In a large number of resource-rich countries, the mining sector is an important driver of growth, in particular during commodity boom periods. This is a result of large investment inflows and revenue generation essentially driven by exports.

The Local Content Regulations repeals regulations 1 and 2 of the Minerals and Mining (General) Regulations, 2012 (LI 2173) and operators in the mining sector must now turn to the Local Content Regulations for guidance on employing expatriates, training Ghanaians and procuring local goods and services.

A major political commitment by the ruling NDC involved strengthening the PC's capacity to implement local content. This turned-out a highly contentious process, as it involved ruling elites strategically incorporating GNPC officials in the PC's operations – capitalising on the former's high technical capacity in Ghana's oil and gas ...

The gold mining sector in Ghana predates independence and has over the years contributed significantly to Ghana's socio-economic development through revenue generation, employment creation and an increase in …

©MINING SECTOR REPORT 2022. PREPARED BY STRATEGY AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT Introduction The mining sector is one of Ghana's biggest contributors to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributing 5.0% as at the end of 2021. This translates into the sub-sector's nominal GDP of GHS 42.72 billion and real GDP of GHS 21.74 billion.

•Motivation for the application of distinct local content policies in several sectors of the Ghanaian economy •However local content application in the oil and gas sector has not been without issues. Local content requirements in the mining sector of Ghana also have not yielded optimal results •Issues in the oil and gas sector include:

Section 13.5 provides a brief examination of Ghana's local content policy framework and its implications for the integration of the country's mining sector into the economy. Section 13.6 concentrates on the regulatory challenges from the practical perspective of the regulator and provides some suggestions on how the extraction of Ghana's ...

In addition to the mining sector, NRGI has also assessed governance of Ghana's oil and gas sector (presented in a separate profile). The oil and gas sector has outperformed the gold mining sector in the 2021 RGI, as it did in the 2017 RGI. While the mining sector improved by 13 points to achieve a score of 69 out of 100, a 9-point difference ...