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The Children Yearn For The Mines
Such conditions became more prevalent in the Victorian era, with children as young as four working long hours in production factories and mines. Even today around the world, more than one ...
In Nigeria's lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work
Children, working mostly in small-scale mines, work long hours at unsafe sites, crushing or sorting rocks, carrying heavy ...
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Ukraine: Save the Children Launches Campaign to Keep Children Safe from Floating Mines after Flooding from Kakhovka Dam
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 9, 2023)—Floating mines dislodged by flood waters from the destroyed Kakhovka dam in Kherson, Ukraine are endangering children’s lives. In response, Save the Children is ...
Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge
Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...
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Tesla Doesn't Know If Children Are Mining Its Cobalt, And Doesn't Seem To Care
The EV company says it is implementing checks on its suppliers, but these checks amount to scheduled visits by third party monitors who give the mines time ... are often children spending their ...
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In Nigeria's lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work
The landscape around her is dotted with active and abandoned mineshafts, farmland that may soon be cleared in search of more rich ore, and other mine workers — many of them children. Juliet ...
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In Nigeria’s lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work
The landscape around her is dotted with active and abandoned mineshafts, farmland that may soon be cleared in search of more rich ore, and other mine workers — many of them children. Juliet ...