The trading unit of CMOC Group — the world’s biggest producer of cobalt — has declared force majeure on deliveries of the ...

And around 2016, I heard from some colleagues in the field about very appalling conditions in the mining of cobalt in the DR Congo. And I had no idea what cobalt was. I thought it was a color.

Child labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the curtain on a ...

Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said ...

Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a booming industry that is putting a lot of citizens to work, as something like 70 percent of the world's cobalt comes from the African nation.

Cell phones and electric cars rely on the mineral, causing a boom in demand. Locals are hunting for this buried treasure—but are getting almost none of the profit.

The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Cobalt used in batteries for phones, laptops and electric vehicles could come from mines in Democratic Republic of Congo that use child labour, an Amnesty International report said on Tuesday.

Cobalt is a critical component of green technologies like battery electrodes and the magnets in electric motors and wind ...

Two thirds of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. After producing just 800 metric tons in 1994, the yearly output was 98,000 metric tons by 2020.

Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a booming industry that is putting a lot of citizens to work, as something like 70 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from the African ...