Some foreign companies are rejecting gold mined in Ghana, Starr News has gathered.
This is because the Human Rights Watch has claimed that children are being used in mining the resource in the country and that international regulations against child labour are being flouted.
“People who are buying gold in particular and other minerals for ornament do not want to feel that they are using products of child labour; some don’t even want to see that they are even consuming product that include the use of mercury,” the Chief Executive Officer of the Mineral Commission, Dr. Toni Aubynn told Starr News’ Osei Owusu Amankwaah.
He added: “Some ethical consumers want to be sure that what they are consuming is not causing problems somewhere. So it has become very important. Some are boycotting even some of the refineries where they are unable to know the actual source of the product, in our case gold.”
The commission has developed mechanism to trace gold producers and ensure they do not use children for their operation. It has therefore made it a necessary requirement before it awards certification.
“I have had a few complaints from refineries that argue that gold produce in some part of Ghana may include child labour. We have been trying to explain to them that those who have our official stamp do not have children working there,” Dr. Aubynn said.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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the last time it was cocoa, now is Gold , tomorrow will b oil ...and so on ...chale chale enough of selling raw Gold ,add value and let use it ourselves!!! wai!!!!aaaaaaba
Dr. Toni Aubynn, another waste material in the system which must be purge-off!
DON'T BUY WE WILL FARM ON OUR LAND WHICH IS A WAY OF SOLVING OUR LAND FROM DEGRADING
They know that will give us money. Their wishes are that we are ALWAYS poor. The use children for commercial adverts and it is NOT CHILD LABOUR, it is right for them. Do they wish us good?
LIES FROM THE PIT OF HELL.DO YOU THINK WHAT YOU ARE WRITTING WILL DO GHANA GOOD? I SEE ABLE BODIED MEN DOING GOLD BUSSINESS >EVEN GALAMSEY IS NOT FOR CHILDREN>
This is the greatest news I am hearing and it serves Ghana. We have let the laws go to the dogs and have not streamlined the way gold is extracted and picture of school children instead being at school are seen involving themselves in GALAMSEY . This is the sign we must change and then streamline the ways and means of gold extraction and sales to the highest limit.
DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.