Giridih District, Jharkhand, India, 2018. Underage girls sit in the mines with women and older men who are too fragile for hard work underground. They crumble the Mica and sort out the pieces. Many companies rely on assurances from their distributors to ensure their Mica supply chains are free from child labour. However, these guarantees are difficult to assess, since they are often not subject to external audit.
