In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths with seven killed in the past two ...

In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret.

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In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths ...

YS Kataria, spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, said child labour in mica mines was a serious issue. "Children have to be protected from being exploited like this," he said.

Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny ...

Notably, in 2004, a research done by ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ had found that over 5000 children were involved in mica mining and collection of ‘(mica scrap or waste mica available in the ...

Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, ...

The reality of life for the children working in India’s illegal ‘artisan’ mica mines. Broken bones, lung disease, paltry pay ...

By Nita Bhalla, Rina Chandran and Anuradha Nagaraj ...

It's estimated that 22,000 children work in mica mines in India. | Photographed by Jack Pearce. If Pooja’s lucky, she’ll make between 20 to 30 rupees for a day’s work ...