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Mining, standards & rights at work:
Other relevant standards
In addition to international labour standards that were created specifically for the mining industry, a large number of other standards are relevant to mining.
These include the fundamental Conventions, as well as the ILO OSH instruments or other Conventions such as the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).
Whereas child labour does not represent a problem in large-scale mining, it exists in the context of artisanal and small-scale mining. More than 13 million people are estimated to be engaged in small-scale mining, including significant numbers of women and children. About 1 million children under 18 work in artisanal mines, one-third of them under 12 years of age. Unfortunately, non-fatal accident rates are routinely six or seven times higher than in larger operations, even in industrialized countries. Moreover, there have been many disasters in recent years at small-scale mines in developing countries when over ten and up to 100 deaths have occurred. There are clean and safe small-scale mines, but they tend to be in the minority.
Therefore, ILO has mobilized a broad coalition of partners that will work to see the eradication of child labour in mining. Along with CASM ("Communities and Small-Scale Mining" -- a worldwide network of mining-related agencies and specialists), other major partners include the mining industry (including mining companies and mining unions), governments in countries where artisanal/small-scale mining exists, donors, and international agencies.
Useful links/resources
Links to other ILO labour standard information
Child labour in mining
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
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