Artisanal mining means these tens of thousands of ... So I have seen thousands of women with babies strapped to their backs inhaling toxic cobalt dust day in and day out, 10-year-old children ...

and the water has been contaminated with toxic effluents from the mining processing. What's more, he says, "Cobalt is toxic to touch and breathe — and there are hundreds of thousands of poor ...

A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.

A Canadian mining company has been hit ... expressed concerns in his assessment. "Cobalt is an essential element for human and animal life but is toxic in high concentrations," Bourgeois stated ...

“Most companies discharge toxic waste directly into ... According to Zijin Mining, the mine produced 129,000 metric tons of copper and cobalt in 2023, using “China’s advanced approach ...

Why should we mine toxic, high-sulfide nickel in northern Minnesota ... the African Congo is also known to use poor practices and slave labor in its cobalt mines. The Congo supplies 74% of the ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

The girl was diagnosed with lead poisoning last year ... Children do hazardous work in cobalt mining; Indigenous people’s rights have been violated for lithium mining; workers in manganese ...

Cobalt is essential to both human and animal life but is toxic at high concentrations ... find ways to reduce the amount of cobalt in the mine tailings for years, but has been hindered by a ...