The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on exports of cobalt by three months as the world's dominant producer ...

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 ...

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

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

A regulatory agency announced on Saturday that the Democratic Republic of Congo had extended its ban on cobalt exports by ...

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.

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.

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.

The Democratic Republic of Congo will launch this month new monitoring and tracing mechanisms to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper production, a mines ministry official said on Thursday.

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.