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The Obuasi Gold Mine is an open-pit and underground gold mine situated near Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and Obuasi Gold Mine is one of the top-10 largest gold mines on Earth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World's top 10 gold deposits )〕 The operation is owned by AngloGold Ashanti.〔(Annual Report 2009 ) AngloGold Ashanti website, accessed: 9 August 2010〕〔(Country report: Ghana - Obuasi ) AngloGold Ashanti website, accessed: 9 August 2010〕 The mine is in Adansi North District. Gold mining began at Obuasi Gold Mine more than 112 years ago, in 1897 when it was originally known as the Ashanti Mine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World's top 10 gold deposits )〕 In 2008, AngloGold Ashanti's Ghana operations, consisting of Obuasi and the Iduapriem Gold Mine, contributed 11% to the company's annual production. Both mines became part of AngloGold Ashanti when AngloGold merged with the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation in 2004.〔 In 2009, the mine employed over 5,700 people.〔 The mine experienced two fatalities in 2008 and one in 2009.〔 ==History== Mining at Obuasi begun in 1897, then referred to as the Ashanti Mine.〔(Obuasi Gold Mine, Ghana ) ayiajavon.com, accessed: 9 August 2010〕 In an interview Kwesi Enyan, the Managing Director of the mine, announced that the mine, while potentially rich, faces challenges like returning the mine to profitability, addressing social and environmental issues, improving community engagement and illegal mining.〔(Obuasi Mine targets 500,000 ounces of gold production by 2013 ) ''The Mail - Ghana News'', accessed: 9 August 2010〕 The mine was criticised as early as 1975 for environmental pollution,〔(Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside ) Environmental Health Perspective website, published: 12 december 1975, accessed: 9 August 2010〕 and continues to do so.〔(Gold Rush: The impact of gold mining on poor people in Obuasi in Ghana ) ghana-net.com, accessed: 9 August 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Obuasi Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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