Ghana's gold, diamond output to drop as govt curbs small-scale mining

Ghana's gold output is likely to drop sharply in 2017 because of curbs on the small-scale mining that lifted production last year but was causing damage to the environment, a government official said on Saturday. Total gold output from Africa's second largest producer was 4.1-million ounces in 2016, the highest level in nearly 40 years, up from 2.8-million ounces in 2015.