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

include four former miners, seven legal representatives of former miners who are still children, and five representatives of child laborers who were killed in cobalt mining operations, the ruling ...

and while it runs a large "mechanized" mine, it also buys additional cobalt in from area "artisanal" mines, which almost certainly employ child labor, and in some cases forced labor. Cobalt mining ...

Priscille told him she had suffered two miscarriages and that her husband, a fellow “artisanal” miner ... “Cobalt Action Partnership” (CAP) to “immediately and urgently eliminate child ...

The tech giants were found not liable for forced labor in Congo's cobalt mines. LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of ...

The hearing was entitled “Child Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo.” “The Chinese Communist Party’s quest for cobalt for batteries ...

After revelations of child labor ... in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they would adhere to international safety standards The Shabara artisanal mine, where cobalt ...

Cobalt is a critical component in the production of batteries, smartphones, and electric vehicles. Yet miners who risk their ... serious injuries sustained by child laborers in cobalt mines.