In the middle of a trade war, Congo is trying to woo Trump’s White House without risking critical investment from Beijing.

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Yet the cobalt that helps power them and other technology comes with serious humanitarian concerns where it’s mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These mines have been the subject ...

To serve these rapidly growing industries the number of cobalt-producing countries has doubled from seven in 2000 to 16 in 2024, according to Mining Technology’s parent company GlobalData.

Cobalt mining in the DRC is marred by human rights violations, including child labor, driven by weak regulations and corruption. China's control over 70% of the global cobalt supply raises ...

But thanks to the company's two massive copper mines in the Congo it has rapidly grown to become the world's largest producer of cobalt, which comes as a copper by-product. Both TFM and KFM mines ...

Residual oversupply from 2023 prevented any price positivity in the cobalt market through 2024. According to the US Geological Survey's annual commodity report, mine supply of the battery metal ...

As interest in cobalt has grown, so has interest in ensuring that it’s ethically produced, minimizing harm to the people who mine it and the environment from which it’s removed. Some 60% of the ...

It's laughable that any of these practices are preventing child labor, especially when Tesla's cobalt supply is getting mixed in with the output from dozens of area mines. Kamoto Copper Co. is the ...