These stark images tell a dark tale about the mining of cobalt, one of the most prized minerals of the modern technological age. Taken near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

About eight feet into the soil, his shovel hit a slab of gray rock that was streaked with black ... used their mining profits to set up shops. One trader told the man that the cobalt ore he ...

A Harvard visiting professor and modern slavery activist exposed the “appalling” cobalt mining industry in the Congo on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” that went viral.

Cobalt is in high demand as the cathode in lithium-ion batteries. Just one nation, the Congo, has more cobalt than anywhere else on Earth combined. Conditions in Congolese mines are horrible ...

In a video from last month that now has more than 1.8 million views, one creator announced that she would quit vaping amid cobalt mining concerns. But to truly limit demand for cobalt, we would ...

Illegal mining operations thrive in areas where government oversight is weak or nonexistent. Armed groups extort money from ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper ... Greed of Green: The Dark Side of Green Energy. See All Key Ideas LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic ...