Large swathes of the deep-sea floor contain nodules of the critical minerals cobalt, copper ... it comes to critical minerals." Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by The Metals Company ...

The vibrations from the equipment ... This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into ...

One risk for the DRC is that export restrictions and higher prices could incentivize the development of additional cobalt mining capacity in Indonesia and elsewhere. Last year Indonesian ...