They often work in dangerous conditions for uncertain income, and the government has struggled to keep child laborers away ... The facility — now the biggest cobalt mine in the world — was ...

Stauber wrote that China is a “hostile and immoral nation that has no concern for the environment.” Stauber suggested we have ...

where production is rife with child labor and other human-rights abuses, and is refined in China. A small amount of cobalt is produced as a byproduct at the Eagle Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The mine is a historic copper-gold-silver producer. Its portfolio also includes cobalt assets in Ontario ... for human rights abuses and sometimes child labor in its mining industry.

Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal - President headed to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel ...

We have an ability to go and collect these materials at a fraction of the cost and at a fraction of the environmental destruction that you’re getting with ... terrestrial mining' ...

Cobalt is a highly prized metal, especially for makers of smartphones and EVs. Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor remains a serious concern.

Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.

It helps loosen China's mine-to-market grip on the cobalt supply chain and simultaneously offers a hedge against future disruption in a supply chain which is highly concentrated geographically.

Battery metals streaming company Cobalt 27 Capital has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Pala Investments in a deal that values the TSX-V-listed company at C$501-million. Under the terms ...