Giridih District, Jharkhand, India, 2018. Women at work inside a Mica mine. Two states in Eastern India, Jharkhand and Bihar, account for roughly 60% of the global production of Mica, which is used by the cosmetics, building and automotive industries Luxury brands including L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Rimmel, Merck, have all been linked to India’s Mica mines.
