Behind the Glitter: Mica and Child Mining in India …
From the impoverished miners to the mine owners and exporters who turn a blind eye to shocking conditions, 101 East traces the mica supply chain from the Indian countryside to the laboratories of...
Mica Industry in India: Major Producer and …
The mica industry in India has long been of the world’s largest in terms of mica production and mica exports. India’s mica mining plays an important role in the country’s overall mining activity, contributing significantly to the economic growth of India. Despite the mica industry in India currently going through serious controversies around child labor issues, India still remains one of the largest …
Mica Mining Exposes Child Labor In The Makeup …
Locals have mined mica in this part of India for millenia, using it both for decoration and Ayurvedic medicine. But everything changed in the late 19th century, when British colonizers discovered...
Global spotlight on illegal mica mines drives …
India is one of the top producers of mica. Once boasting more than 700 mines with over 20,000 workers, the industry was hit by 1980 legislation to limit deforestation and the discovery of...
Blood Mica: Deaths of child workers in Indias …
Leading Indian color and pigment maker Sudarshan said experts estimate about 70 percent of mica production in India is from illegal mining in forests and abandoned mines…
Mica mining - Indian children are suffering for the ...
India’s mica industry once boasted more than 700 mines and over 20,000 workers. It was hit by legislation in the 1980s as the government moved to limit deforestation and the discovery of...
The Mica Children: Fighting for Survival in Indias Deadly ...
According to one Indian export database, during the first three months of this year alone, over 1,300 tons of mica were shipped to Germany through Kolkatas port. The reporters of this story...
Indias mica mines: The shameful truth behind …
India officially produces about 15,000 tonnes of crude and scrap mica a year, according to the governments Bureau of Mines. It has a few hundred tonnes stockpiled. Yet it exported more than 130,000 tonnes - more than eight times the official production figure - in 2011-12, more than half of …
GLOBAL MICA MINING
labourers involved with mica mining and processing. The research showed that mica is used in paints and cosmetics, but also mentions its use in cars, electronics and construction. The number of children involved in mica mining in Jharkand and Bihar was estimated to total up to 22,000. Field research following these results
Mica mining, why watchdogs count, by Peter …
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.
Mica, Limestone & other Non-Metallic Minerals in …
Mica Distribution and Production in India 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.
Indias shameful child labour mining for beauty …
22.02.2017 · ITV News has discovered children as young as six breaking rocks from Indias illegal mines for the glittering mineral mica. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2m8...
India: Investigations highlight child labour, debt …
04.01.2018 · Investigations highlighted incidences of child labour, debt-bondage and unsafe work conditions mica mines of various indian states. Many of these mines are reported to be operating without licenses. The mica sourced from some of these mines is reportedly used in cosmetics and paints supplied to various international brands.
Children and youngsters working in mica mine in …
10.03.2014 · DanWatch has been to Jarkhand and Bihar in India to investigate how children as young as 5 years work as miners producing the mineral mica used in our makeup...
Legalising North East India’s mica mines - Mining …
The mica supply chain can be long and complex. 70% of mica out of India comes from illegal mines in the north-east region. The commodity will pass through a succession of …
Mica - Wikipedia
Most sheet mica was produced in India (3,500 t) and Russia (1,500 t). Flake mica comes from several sources: the metamorphic rock called schist as a byproduct of processing feldspar and kaolin resources, from placer deposits, and from pegmatites.
Global Mica mining and the impact on childrens …
The first mica investigations of SOMO and Terre des Hommes in 2015 estimated that up to 22,000 children were involved in mica mining in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar. This was a clear indication that industries and companies using mica sourced from India are directly contributing to the worst forms of child labour.