A child and a woman break rocks extracted from a cobalt and copper mine in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Carmakers have committed tens of billions of dollars to dramatically boost 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 ...

Big Tech firms beat lawsuit from child laborers forced to work in cobalt mines Buying cobalt doesn't make US firms liable for abuses in DR Congo, court rules. Jon Brodkin – Mar 6, 2024 2:27 pm | 174 ...

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 ...

The first cobalt mine in America in decades opens Friday in Idaho. The metal used in electric vehicle batteries is in big demand yet analysts say the environmental costs are also high.

LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday The ...

A U.S. cobalt mine, ... Most of the cobalt mined in the world today comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there are widespread child labor and other human rights problems.

A lawsuit claims Tesla uses child labor to mine precious metals . According to SEC.gov, Tesla relies on child labor to mine precious metals such as cobalt.Tesla is being sued for failing to ...

A cobalt mine in Idaho was set to start operations last fall but then idled in late March, despite producing a mineral used in the U.S. electric vehicle sector, which is desperate for domestic raw ...

After revelations of child labor and dire conditions in Congolese cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they’d adhere to international safety standards.