To match feature MINING/ILLEGAL-GHANA. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/Files (GHANA) A view of a section of Ashanti Goldfields' bigminingcomplex at Obuasi, in this October 23, 2003 file photo. Known as galamseyers,illegalminers have disrupted commercial operations in severalmines in Ghanaand are costingminingconglomerates millions of dollars in Africa's second biggest goldminer,…
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