New Extractivism in Ghana's Salt Sector

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ID2641631
AuthorsAlhassan Atta-Quayson (0000-0003-2483-8484, University of Education, Winneba, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue1
Pages19-32
Publication date2023-03-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1837-5391 • E-ISSN: 1837-5391
PublisherUniversity of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5130/ccs.v15.i1.8437
OpenAlexW4362519490
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

Since commercial production of oil and gas started in Ghana over a decade ago, the salt sector which has historically been dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has seen renewed corporate interest. Aided by the state's preference for large-scale mining (LSM) over ASM since the days of the Economic Reform Program, several tens of thousands of acres of areas previously operated by artisanal and small-scale miners for salt mining have been leased to large-scale salt mining companies. Situated in political settlement and infrapolitics theoretical frameworks, with a focus on two key salt producing sites (Songor and Keta lagoons) and using qualitative research methods through ethnographic engagement with affected regions, the study explores the consequences of this new extractivism in the salt sector to assess the long-term consequences of forced evictions, as well as role of civil society in the retention or otherwise of the now dominant LSM in the salt sector

Business · Cartography · Civil society · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political science · Politics · Preference · Situated · Mining and Resource Management

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