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THE CHILDREN AT THE MINES.; WHY THERE ARE SO MANY ORPHANS IN THE COAL FIELDS.
Feb. 27.--One of the saddest phases of the anthracite industry is illustrated with pathetic force by the statistics contained in the annual reports of the Mine Inspectors, showing the number of ...
The Daily Dot9mon
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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CATCH-UP CLUBS HELP STOP CHILD LABOR IN DRC’S DEADLY COBALT MINES
KINSHASA, (June 12, 2024) – Children working in some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) cobalt mines are getting support to trade their tools for textbooks to escape from dangerous and even ...
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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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
Juliet Samaniya, 6, chips at a rock with a stone tool at an illegal lithium mining site in Paseli, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ...