Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 63
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In quarries, children dig out stones, transport them on their heads and backs and spend long hours crushing stones into smaller pieces to be used in the construction industry. In the coal-mining sector, some children start working from the age of 4 but the majority of child workers start between the ages of 12 and 14. The majority of these children, accompanied or unaccompanied, work between 7 and 9 hours a day.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences