05-05-2021 Mining for Mica: Child Labor in India The majority of the world’s mica comes from India, more specifically the country’s eastern states. Jharkhand and Bihar, two regions in the country’s eastern states, are where the majority of the mining for mica happens. In fact, around 60% of the world’s mica comes from those two regions.
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12-06-2020 Behind the Glitter: Mica and Child Mining in India Children in India are being exploited in the dangerous search for mica, the mineral that gives cosmetics their shine. Read more
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12-06-2020 Behind the Glitter: Mica and Child Mining in India 101 East - YouTube. Behind the Glitter: Mica and Child Mining in India 101 East. Watch later. Share. Copy link. Info. Shopping. Tap to unmute ...
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19-04-2019 Roughly 25% of the world’s mica is mined in Jharkhand, India, and an estimated 20,000 children are engaged in illegal mines by Peter Bengtsen, 19 April 2019 7 year old Karulal working underground in a mica mine next to his father.
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28-08-2019 It is estimated that 22,000 children work in mica mines in India, around 90 per cent of which are illegal. India’s not-so-shiny history of mica. It was in 1890s when British chanced upon the area’s vast mica resources while laying railroad tracks. Soon after, mica mining began and the Koderma district was dubbed ‘Abhrak (mica) Nigari).
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16-07-2017 Investigations have revealed that, through complex supply chains, mica mined illegally in India, often ends up in the products of common household and luxury brands, including L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Rimmel, Merck, BMW, Vauxhall and Audi.
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In the mica belt of Jharkhand and Bihar, entire villages sustain themselves by mining the minerals, which they extract from the earth in forests.
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20-02-2021 The mica mining industry is still operational — but it has taken a different shape. Corporations have been replaced by unlicensed middle men, and labourers scavenge for mica in large abandoned mines, or dig holes into the earth for scraps. These scraps, known as ‘dhibra’, are sold for anything between Rs 3 and Rs 15 per kilo.
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18-01-2014 This was published 7 years ago. India's mica mines: The shameful truth behind mineral make-up's shimmer In the hills of Jharkhand in India, child labourers mine the mica that brings sparkle to the ...
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The Mica Children Fighting for Survival in India's Deadly Mines They work in India's mines to supply the cosmetics and car paint industries. And sometimes they die.
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28-01-2020 Mica, a shimmering, heat resistant mineral used in everything from car paint to make-up, is in large-part produced by artisanal miners in India and Madagascar, where child labour and unsafe conditions are rife.
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28-08-2019 Companies like Lush are still struggling to clean their supply-chain of mica. While some, such as Estée Lauder, L’Oréal and Yves Rocher, this has involved focusing on “child-friendly villages” and sourcing mica from clean suppliers. It is estimated that 22,000 children work in mica mines in India, around 90 per cent of which are illegal.
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22-11-2019 KODERMA (India), Nov 22 — After watching her sister-in-law and a friend die in a mica mine in eastern India in March this year, 15-year-old Ritika Murmu vowed she would never again pick the mineral and set out to warn others. “I was picking mica when the debris fell. I went screaming to the...
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7.2. Mica due diligence state of affairs: the front runners 56 7.3. Challenges experienced by companies in the mica due diligence process 57 8. Mica mining risk analysis 59 8.1. Sheet mica mining 59 8.2. Illegal mica mining 60 8.3. Weak governance and conflict 61 9. Global sheet mica deposits 63 9.1.1. India and Madagascar64 9.1.2. China 66 9.1.3.
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20-02-2021 Giridih, Jhumri Telaiya: For generations, families living in the Koderma and Giridih districts of Jharkhand have survived on the collection and trade of mica — a shimmery, translucent mineral used in cosmetics and automobiles. The mining of mica was once a legal, thriving business that made India the biggest exporter of the mineral. But concerns about mining causing environmental damage led ...
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Sustainable Mica Sourcing. India is the world’s largest producer of sheet mica, accounting for about 60% of global production. Sudarshan sources mica from Bihar Jharkand, states that are extremely rich in mineral resources but economically challenged in the areas surrounding the mica mines. This has given rise to instances of unregulated ...
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12-06-2019 India is the world's largest mica producer, accounting for 60 per cent of global production. Raghuvanshi explains that "the exploitation of children in mines is very common.
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10-05-2019 The mines are illegal following India’s banning of mica mining in 2017 and whilst the ban, an attempt to bring an end to the forced (mostly child) labour involved in mica mining, has drawn attention to the issue around the globe, much of the industry now operates illegal with no vetting or oversight from a governing body.
More28-01-2020 Mica, a shimmering, heat resistant mineral used in everything from car paint to make-up, is in large-part produced by artisanal miners in India and Madagascar, where child labour and unsafe conditions are rife.
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13-09-2019 Miners of mica, a multipurpose mineral widely used in the global cosmetics, automotive and electronics industries, are unable to pay off loans with exorbitant interest rates to local money lenders ...
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06-10-2020 Mica mining in India dates back to the mid and late 19th century when railway tracks were being laid down in the Bengal-Nagpur zone. By the 1950s, around 700 mica mines were operational, employing approximately 24,000 people. As per the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd, the total mica
More22-11-2019 KODERMA (India), Nov 22 — After watching her sister-in-law and a friend die in a mica mine in eastern India in March this year, 15-year-old Ritika Murmu vowed she would never again pick the mineral and set out to warn others. “I was picking mica when the debris fell. I went screaming to the...
MoreSustainable Mica Sourcing. India is the world’s largest producer of sheet mica, accounting for about 60% of global production. Sudarshan sources mica from Bihar Jharkand, states that are extremely rich in mineral resources but economically challenged in the areas surrounding the mica mines. This has given rise to instances of unregulated ...
More12-06-2019 India is the world's largest mica producer, accounting for 60 per cent of global production. Raghuvanshi explains that "the exploitation of children in mines is very common.
More10-05-2019 The mines are illegal following India’s banning of mica mining in 2017 and whilst the ban, an attempt to bring an end to the forced (mostly child) labour involved in mica mining, has drawn attention to the issue around the globe, much of the industry now operates illegal with no vetting or oversight from a governing body.
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06-01-2021 India is one of the world's top producers of mica. Once boasting more than 700 mines with over 20,000 workers, the industry was hit by 1980s legislation to limit deforestation and the discovery of ...
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23-07-2020 Mica Mining, Child Labor, and Poverty. Among the mica-producing regions of India, Jharkhand and Bihar alone account for about three-quarters of the total revenue earned from exports in the country. It has been observed that a fair share of the workforce in this region is made up of underage children, some even as young as five years old.
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01-05-2016 Child labour in India for sparkling cars and cosmetics. This report focuses on child labour in Jharkhand/Bihar for mica mining and processing, and the role of Dutch companies and main manufacturers of pearlescent. read more.
More13-09-2019 Miners of mica, a multipurpose mineral widely used in the global cosmetics, automotive and electronics industries, are unable to pay off loans with exorbitant interest rates to local money lenders ...
More22-11-2019 KODERMA (India), Nov 22 — After watching her sister-in-law and a friend die in a mica mine in eastern India in March this year, 15-year-old Ritika Murmu vowed she would never again pick the mineral and set out to warn others. “I was picking mica when the debris fell. I went screaming to the...
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05-02-2016 India has a near monopoly in the production of mica [60 % of world’s total]. Production decreased in recent times due to fall in demand in the international market. Fall in demand is due to better synthetic alternatives that are available. Andhra Pradesh. 1 st in production [93 %]. The mica belt lies in Nellore district [Gudur Mica mines].
More12-06-2019 India is the world's largest mica producer, accounting for 60 per cent of global production. Raghuvanshi explains that "the exploitation of children in mines is very common.
More06-01-2021 India is one of the world's top producers of mica. Once boasting more than 700 mines with over 20,000 workers, the industry was hit by 1980s legislation to limit deforestation and the discovery of ...
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03-08-2016 Madan Pratap (right) died in a Mica mine collapse in June. In the mud-and-brick village of Chandwara in Bihar in eastern India, a father's grief laid bare the ugly reality of the illegal mining ...
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21-09-2014 According to the Indian Bureau of Mines, the country officially produces about 15,000 tonnes of crude and scrap mica a year, but surprisingly, in 2011-12 India
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31-07-2016 Blood Mica: Key findings of investigation into child deaths in India's illegal mica mines Date: 2 Aug 2016 Content Type: Article; Paint used by car makers linked to illegal mines in India reliant on child labour and debt bondage, company responses included Date: 31 Jul 2016 Content Type: Article
More01-05-2016 Child labour in India for sparkling cars and cosmetics. This report focuses on child labour in Jharkhand/Bihar for mica mining and processing, and the role of Dutch companies and main manufacturers of pearlescent. read more.
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