Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor ... in Central Africa. Kolwezi is known as the country's cobalt capital. Industrial mines, like ...

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 there are also children toiling away ...

Texas Tech's Lauren Halleman was called out attempting to steal second base in the fifth inning. At least she thought she was ...

Massad Boulos, Trump’s senior adviser for Africa ... a local copper-cobalt producer by a subsidiary of the Chinese weapons manufacturer Norinco Group, which already owns mines near Kolwezi.

Among them are more than 360,000 children. Donald Trump’s tariffs ... caught between poverty and conflict are driven to mine cobalt simply to survive – risking cave-ins and toxic dust.

Microsoft visited an artisanal cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo ... they buy are tainted by poor working conditions or child labour, global tech firms and carmakers have been using ...

In recent days, US lawmakers and international experts have warned that President Donald Trump ’s proposed ...

It must champion a new global compact on critical minerals, one that prioritizes beneficiation, environmental protection, fair labour and development justice.

Resource curse' spans centuries from Banda Islands' nutmeg to Odisha's minerals, highlighting exploitation turning riches ...

He says criminal gangs specifically target children to work in illegal mines across South Africa. Many of them are abducted from neighbouring countries and trafficked. They are enticed by baseless ...

A recent BBC investigation has uncovered disturbing accounts of the exploitation of children within South Africa's illegal mining industry, where minors trafficked from neighbouring countries are ...