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Human Rights Watch finds evidence of child labour in Mali gold mines

Andrew Topf | December 07, 2011 | 7:24 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold 

It is a sad but indisputable fact that in today's mining industry there are countries that still allow labour practices that belong in Dickensian England rather than a modern economy. Following up on  a 2007-08 investigation by Associated Press into...

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