These are just two stories of child labour in the illegal mica mining sector of Madagascar detailed by a new report by NGOs Terre des Hommes and SOMO. Researchers from the organisations found that ...

In Madagascar, thousands of adults and children risk their lives mining for a shiny mineral called mica. It's found in electronics, cars, planes, and even paint. But even though mica is found in ...

“So far we have stopped children mining mica in 86 villages in India,” says a spokesperson Jos de Voogd. “In Madagascar too, where we estimate 11,000 children were involved in mica ...

Despite this, Aftonbladet has been able to trace mica mineral from mines with child labor in Madagascar to two of Tesla's Chinese suppliers. BMW and Volvo Cars are also conducting business with ...

This is also where you’ll find children as young as six working in the illegal and unregulated mica mines to help their families muddle together a livelihood. An estimated 700,000 people in ...

The mica mines in Jharkhand's Koderma district are now free from child labour. This is a significant milestone in the region where child exploitation is rampant On the 5th of July, the Chairperson ...

OTTAWA, ON and SUDBURY, ON, Sept. 5, 2023 /CNW/ - SightPower is excited to announce the awarding of $CAD 612 K funding from the Mining Innovation Commercialization ...

At a grand celebration in Koderma today, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) declared that the Mica mines in Jharkhand are now ‘Child Labour Free’. With this ...

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday claimed that illegal mica mines in Koderma district of Jharkhand are now ‘child labour-free’. NCPCR chairperson Priyank ...