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CBS News finds children mining cobalt in Democratic Republic of Congo 09:21. The kids who manage to get here get a hot meal, and a break from reality.
Children still mining cobalt for gadget batteries in Congo 05:56. Apple is reportedly planning to buy cobalt directly from mines, removing the middleman processes. Ghosh agreed with that plan.
Cobalt mined by child laborers ends ... the UNICEF estimates that in 2014, 40,000 children worked in DRC mines, many of them involved in cobalt mining. ... Some of the kids worked before and ...
Children as young as seven are working 12-hour days in dangerous conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to mine the cobalt many global tech firms use in their smartphones, computers ...
Mining of cobalt is now linked to grave human rights abuses, ... including kids. The cobalt they collect is placed into burlap bags and sold to Chinese traders in each local community.
Images from the Shabara mine and others in the Democratic Republic of Congo show young children mining They dig for cobalt, the chemical element that is used in almost every tech product ...
Two separate business groups focused on electronics supply chains have launched initiatives to try to stop children from mining cobalt in the DRC. Copper $ 4.5935 / lb -1.89% Brent Crude Oil $ 64. ...
The kids help by packing it up and washing it. They also sort through it, looking for minerals. ... Everyone there is being slowly poisoned to death by cobalt mining operations.
The singer says she read “distressing” articles about kids mining cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo before interviewing the CEO. Stephanie Kaloi. November 18, 2023 @ 3:33 PM.
Families say their kids were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while mining for cobalt used to power smartphones, laptops, and electric cars. News Correspondent The world’s biggest ...