KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of the Congo – A Mongabay investigation found that industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper in the Democratic Republic of Congo could pose risks to women ...

The tech giants were found not liable for forced labor in Congo's cobalt mines. LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of ...

Like Baumann-Pauly, Nicholson believes artisanal mining is a major part of the cobalt supply chain that is not going to go away. What helped the Mutoshi project succeed was the presence of the market.

Children working in some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) cobalt mines are getting support to trade their tools for textbooks to escape from dangerous and even fatal worker exploitation, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sees renewed interest in its cobalt and copper mines with major investments, amidst concerns over human rights abuses.

Child labor and unsafe mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt industry tarnish the reputation of electric vehicles. Efforts to improve transparency in the cobalt supply chain face ...

The moral cost of rechargeable batteries In the DRC’s cobalt mines, desperate workers earn a few dollars a day to help power our digital lives.

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show." ...

The expansion of industrial-scale mines that extract cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries has led to forced evictions and human rights abuses, including sexual assault, in the Democratic ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the world’s major supplier of cobalt, used in electric vehicle batteries, and is asserting its rights as an equal partner in the renewable energy transition.

This is because the Congolese government has taken interest in another partner, the Chinese mining giant Zijin, which already operates copper and cobalt mines in Katanga.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s largest cobalt producer, has extended its export ban on cobalt by another ...