Apple and other major tech companies don't have to compensate victims of forced child labor that provided cobalt for the lithium ... in that supply chain. We hold that it does not," judges wrote.

March 5 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in ...

Charities are warning that without government support for the African country’s artisanal mining sector, private investment ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that sought to hold Apple, Google, Tesla and other major tech companies liable for their alleged use of child labor to mine cobalt in the ...

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn't doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it is ...

Cobalt—deemed "critical ... and barely managed to hold the sieve above water while Kisangi scooped the pebbles out by hand and placed them in a pile. The children would repeat this arduous ...

Apple, Microsoft, Google, Tesla and others all insist that they hold cobalt ... suppliers get their cobalt - tell a different story. Scroll down for video Barefoot children covered in ...

It happened. Your baby was upset, cried and then suddenly, nothing – no breathing and no noise – just your child holding their breath. The phenomenon, called breath-holding spells, had social ...

The report claimed that children as young as 12 years old were ... Apple, Microsoft, Google, Tesla and others all insist that they hold cobalt suppliers to the highest of standards and only ...

If your young child reacts to sudden pain or upset by not breathing, turning blue or pale, and then fainting, they may have just had a breath-holding spell. When this happens, it can be scary and ...

He estimates that 70% of this cobalt (half the world’s entire supply) involves some measure of child labor, while much of the rest involves near-slave labor. The DRC’s once-verdant ...