Silicosis in Mica Mining in Bihar, India.

India supplies the world with a large proportion of its high-grade sheet mica and the bulk of it comes from the Bihar mica field. In 1951 the production amounted to 195, 000 cwt. There are about 27, 000 mine workers in the industry, and of these 16, 500 work underground. The mica miners are exposed to rock dust with a high content of free silica, and earlier enquiries have suggested that they ...

CHILD LABOUR IN MICA MINES: THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY'S DARK ...

Before mica is processed and ends up in beauty products, however, it needs to be mined, and often those who are responsible for extracting it from the ground are children. For years, India has been recognised as the largest producer and exporter of sheet mica globally, with most mines located in Bihar and Jharkhand states.

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

India's mica mines: The shameful truth behind mineral make ...

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 …

Deaths of child workers in India's 'ghost' mica mines ...

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 ...

Mica In Makeup: What Is Mica And Is It Ethical?

In just the so-called Indian "mica belt" (Jharkhand and Bihar) alone, more than 22,000 children are estimated to work in the mica mining industry. While these children and their families rely on mining incomes, the dangerous working conditions have amassed global attention.

Bihar Mica Act, 1947

(Removal of mica from mine worked by digger and sale of mica by diggers.) [Repealed by Section 10 of the Bihar Mica (Amendment) Act, 1953 (Bihar Act, 28 of 1953).] Offence and Penalties. 17. Penalties. - (1) Save as provided in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 4 any person who-

Children Dying In Mica Mines Of 4 States, Probe Ordered

Dutch campaign group SOMO estimates up to 20,000 children are involved in mica mining in Jharkhand and Bihar. YS Kataria, spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, said child labour in mica mines was a ...

Child Labour in Mica Mines: the Beauty Industry's dark ...

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.

Illegal mica mines in Bihar and Jharkhand employ child ...

Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is extracted from illegal mines using child labour (in 2012, the export of mica was over eight times the country's officially ...

Department of Mines and Geology | Koderma | India

District Mining Office Koderma. 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 ...

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

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 . Before mica ends up in shiny eyeshadow and many other makeup products, it passes through many networks' middlemen and wholesalers; it also crosses ...

Mica Mine In Jharkhand

Mica Scavenging In Jharkhand Destroys Lives And . Rampant child labour As many as 5,000 children between the ages of six and 14 have dropped out of school in three mica mining districts of Jharkhand and adjoining state of Bihar to work as scavengers, according to a recent survey by Indias National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR.

The Ugly in Beauty; Child Labor In Mica Mines - A 'nais Life

However, people have argued that mica has now become a source of livelihood for citizens of Jharkhand and Bihar. Many companies have become a part of the Responsible Mica Initiative which makes an effort to move children working in mica mines to schools, construct new schools, and improve meals, toilets, and clean drinking water. These ...

Illegal Mica Mines in Bihar and Jharkhand Employ Child ...

Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is extracted from illegal mines using child labour (in 2012, the export of mica was over eight times the country's officially stated production).

Around 5,000 children abandon education in mica mines of ...

The commission recommended strict action against buyers of mica scraps from children, and said a special drive to abolish child labour in the mica mining areas of Jharkhand and Bihar should be ...

Child Deaths in Illegal Mica Mines Hidden to Keep Industry ...

Dutch campaign group SOMO says up to 20,000 children are involved in mica mining in Jharkhand and Bihar. According to law, children aged under 18 cannot work in mines.

Ending Child Labor in Mica Mines in India and Madagascar ...

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.

Child labour rampant in mica mining districts of Bihar ...

New Delhi: Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in the mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar.A section of them have started working as labourers to supplement their family income, according to a government survey conducted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

Welcome to Premier Mica Company - The First ISO 9001:2000 ...

Mines. PMC owns and operates The Bhavani Shankara Mica Mine, The Ramchandra Vermiculite Mine and Venkat Sai Garnet Mine in Andhra Pradesh in South India. We also source minerals directly from mines in Bihar, Rajasthan and Sri Lanka. Collaboration with CMMP (France)

Mica in Makeup: The Truth Behind Mica Mining, Child Labor ...

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.

Behind the Glitter: Mica and Child Mining in India | Human ...

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 …

Beauty companies and the struggle to source child labour ...

An estimated 20,000 children work in mica mines in the two Indian states of Bihar and Jharkand. The glittery mineral is found in many beauty products, from blusher to foundation.

Mines & Geology Department

Mines & Geology Department Bihar Online will provide informational as well as transactional services to the citizens. Access Bihar Mines Portal . Lease. Circle …

Mica Industry in India: Major Producer and Exporter of ...

The mica industry in India is one of the world's largest. India produced a total 19,000 tons of mica in 2016. Jharkhand and Bihar, are the currently the top two mica producing states in India, representing for nearly 25% of the global production of mica

The dark secret of Jharkhand's shiny mineral mica ...

'Mica belt' of Jharkhand and Bihar . For over hundred years, India has enjoyed the monopoly in the production and export of sheet mica in the world, reads Indian Minerals Yearbook 2016 published by the Indian Bureau of Mines in December 2017. "Mica processing is a labour- intensive activity requiring special skills.

Survey on Education Wellbeing of Children in MICA Mining ...

Mica Mining Areas of Jharkhand & Bihar'' The survey covered the districts of Koderma and Giridih in Jharkhand and Rajauli Block, Nawada district in Bihar. NCPCR organized the Convergence meetings at district level with district administrations and all concerned authorities, agencies as well as State level convergence meeting. The exercise was

RMI - Programs Legal Framework - RESPONSIBLE MICA INTIATIVE

The legal framework program pillar reviewed laws governing mica mining and processing in Jharkhand and Bihar examining environmental, mining, labor and fiscal laws, among others, and corresponding regulations and an evaluation of court decisions pertaining to mica related operations. The research began with a review of Bihar Mica Act-1947 and ...

Over 5,000 children abandon education in mica mines of ...

Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of them have started working as labourers to ...

Child labour in mica mining - The Upstream Journal

Regarding mine site / mica collection: in Jharkhand and Bihar, mica is often hand-picked with simple tools in areas where the surface soil is abundant. This work can be done both by men and women, on abandoned mines around their villages. Related articles.