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  • JHARKHAND SUSTAINABLE MICA POLICY FRAMEWORK

    2022年10月12日  Mica-based industries in Jharkhand can grow in excess of 2 to 5 times in value over following 3-5 years, growing from a current estimate of INR 246 crores to INR

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  • Mica scavenging in Jharkhand destroys lives and

    2019年10月22日  Several thousands of women and children scour mica for a pittance in illegal and abandoned mines in Jharkhand to add sparkle to

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  • The Responsible Mica Initiative’s efforts towards

    2022年2月14日  About the Responsible Mica Initiative The Responsible Mica Initiative is a non-governmental organization created to establish a fair, responsible and sustainable

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  • Child labour, mine deaths — Rihanna's Fenty

    2021年2月20日  A 2018 NCPCR report pegged the number of children from Koderma and Giridih — the two mica-rich districts of Jharkhand — dropping out of school to mine for mica at 4,545. A report before that, by NGO

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  • Road-map for sustainable and inclusive Mica industry in

    2021年7月2日  3.2 About the supply chain of mica in Jharkhand 17 3.3 Sustainability issues in the supply chain 19 4. Roadmap for a sustainable and inclusive mica sector in

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  • Pandemic drives people to risk lives in India's illegal mica mines

    2021年1月6日  Traders and campaigners in two mica hubs in Jharkhand - Giridih and Koderma - estimate that thousands of people last year joined the ranks of 50,000-odd

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  • SPRF.IN of Hope: 03 Jharkhand’s Mica Mines and 22

    2022年3月28日  MICA MINING AND CHILD LABOUR Mica is commonly known as ‘dhibra’ among the locals in Jharkhand. Mining dhibra was declared illegal after the Forest

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  • (PDF) BEAUTY AND A BEAST CHILD LABOUR IN

    2016年3月3日  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 pigments globally. Main uses of mica ...

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  • Global spotlight on illegal mica mines drives Indian ... - Reuters

    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.

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  • Illegal mica mining continues unabated in

    2020年10月6日  A demand to legalise mining. On May 29, 2020, former and first chief minister of Jharkhand wrote to the present Chief Minister Hemant Soren, asking him to revive mica mining in Koderma and Giridih

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  • Jharkhand: Unorganized mica workers hit as illegal mining

    2022年4月3日  By Sami Ahmad. Ranchi, April 3, 2022: A notification by the government of Jharkhand banning ‘illegal mining and selling of mica’ has put the livelihoods of thousands of mica scrap dealers and laborers in jeopardy. Around 200,000 unorganized workers are involved in mica business in Jharkhand, a mineral rich state, as per the Dhibra Scrap

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  • Illegal Mica Mining Continues Unabated in Jharkhand, Causing

    2020年10月9日  A demand to legalise mining. On May 29, 2020, former and first chief minister of Jharkhand wrote to the present chief minister Hemant Soren, asking him to revive mica mining in Koderma and Giridih areas. He said the police should not take action against locals who pick mica flakes. Marandi suggested an e-auction of these flakes and also

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  • Mica flakes could become forest produce in Jharkhand

    2020年3月19日  Mica flakes may be classified as ‘forest produce’ in Jharkhand after state legislative assembly member, Neera Yadav, demanded so in a session on March 16, 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

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  • Mining for Mica: Child Labor in India - The Borgen Project

    2021年5月5日  There are 171 counselors in 150 villages of Jharkhand who create awareness against sending children for mining and other social issues. KSCF has freed over 3,000 children from mica mines and 80,000 children from child labor across multiple industries. Though mining for mica is still illegal in India, many children and adults

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  • Child Labour in Mica Mines: the Beauty Industry’s dark secret

    2021年7月17日  Children mine mica to help their families. It is estimated that 22,000 children as young as four work in mica mines in Jharkhand and Bihar, and due to the illegal and secretive nature of child labour, the exact numbers are unknown. Going into narrow tunnels and caves is necessary in order to extract mica; children can fit into them more

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  • Unabated Illegal Mica Mining in Jharkhand Threatens Lives

    2020年10月14日  The illegal mica mining in Jharkhand threatens the lives of locals, and has resulted in many deaths in the state. India has large reserves of mica, mostly found under forests in central and eastern parts of the country. The south-Asian nation was once one of the largest producers of mica, with more than 700 mines and 20,000 workers employed in ...

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  • Ending Child Labor in Mica Mines in India and Madagascar

    2021年7月12日  As mica mining is unregulated and, for the most part, thrives in hiding, there are many dangers associated with it. The scale of the problem. The majority of illegal mica mines in India are located in just two states Bihar and Jharkhand, which are among India’s most impoverished. The governance there is weak, so the industry is subject to

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  • (PDF) BEAUTY AND A BEAST CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA FOR

    2016年3月3日  Abstract and Figures. 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 pigments globally ...

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  • Child labour in mica mining - The Upstream Journal

    2020年12月10日  In 2018, TDH estimated that half of the 20,000 mica miners in Madagascar were children. Child deaths related to the sector have also been recorded. In 2017, a government investigation in Jharkhand found that at least seven children died in mica mines in a three-month period. However, actual numbers are.

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  • Department of Mines Geology - Jharkhand State Portal

    2023年8月23日  The main functions and activities of the Department are systematic survey and assessment of the mineral deposits of the State, their exploitation, administration of mines and mineral concession, enforcement measures for prevention of illegal mining and smuggling of minerals and assessment and collection of mining revenue. The

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  • Pandemic drives more people to risk lives in India's illegal mica

    2021年1月5日  The RMI last year announced a sustainable mica mining policy that aimed to create jobs for 210,000 workers in Jharkhand and boost exports from 2021, but two state government officials said the ...

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  • Department of Mines and Geology Koderma India

    2023年8月24日  Koderma is one of the districts of Jharkhand which is blessed with abundant natural resources and rich mineral deposits throughout the district. Earlier it was famous for production of world class mica and was known as the Mica Capital of India or Abrakh-Nagri. Having more than numerous Mica Mining leases spread of thousands of

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  • GLOBAL MICA MINING - Centre for Research on

    2018年3月13日  mica mining are India and Madagascar. In addition to Jharkhand and Bihar, children are also reportedly working in mica mines in Rajasthan and possibly also in Andhra Pradesh (as illegal sheet mica mining also takes place there). This however needs further investigation. The fifth indicator for high-risk countries is having

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  • With new data, India plans to fight child labor in mica mines

    2018年12月5日  It estimated in 2016 that 20,000 children were working in the mica mining regions of Jharkhand and neighboring Bihar. But inadequate data meant that those working to free the children were forced ...

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  • MICA: The Shimmering Star of Jharkhand - C4RB

    2021年7月2日  challenges have been witnessed in Jharkhand’s mica sector. • There is often news about illegal deep excavation mining of mica especially in some areas of Koderma and Giridih in Jharkhand. On papers, there is little or no mining of mica that happens any more in the state, as the state government cancelled mica mining leases.

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  • The Responsible Mica Initiative’s efforts towards

    2022年2月14日  The Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) is excited to learn about the decision taken by the Jharkhand Chief Minister’s cabinet on February 10th, 2022 fo

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  • India to legalise mica mining in bid to tackle endemic child labour ...

    2017年5月9日  Activists lauded the decision to legalise mica mining, but warned that high poverty levels meant the move was unlikely to stop child labour. Two states in eastern India, Jharkhand and Bihar ...

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  • Pollution and health risk assessment of mine tailings

    2023年5月1日  The rapid mining activities of mica mines in Giridih district, India, have led to toxic metal pollution of agricultural soil.This is a key concern for environmental risk and human health. 63 top soil samples were collected at a distance of 10 m (Zone 1), 50 m (Zone 2), and 100 m (Zone 3) from near 21 mica mines with agriculture fields. The mean

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