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Child labour: Nigeria’s lithium mines reveal the dark side of our electric future
euronews (in English)
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13/12/2024
Children as young as five-years-old were found to be working in one illegal mine.
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A new business is booming in northern Nigeria, the mining for lithium.
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Filled by its growing demand for making batteries for electric vehicles and phones,
00:10
the new frontier is, however, coming with a steep cost.
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The methods are as primitive as they are dangerous.
00:17
Miners wield axes to hack through rocks, descending several feet into dark pits.
00:25
The shadowy world of Nigeria's illegal artisanal mining thrives on informal networks of buyers
00:42
and sellers, operating with minimal government oversight.
00:54
A business for the poorest and most vulnerable.
01:07
Local merchants say a team of six children can sort and bag up to 10-25 kilograms a day.
01:24
Lithium mining began here about a decade ago.
01:42
The work here feeds the stock of Chinese businesses
01:44
who dominate Nigeria's laxly regulated extractive industry.
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