Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo — where there are also children toiling away in the mines. Cobalt is a component in batteries for cell phones ...

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

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

The artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan.

Over the last several weeks, two bills targeting Chinese supply chains were reintroduced in Congress. Although different in their approach, the ...

This is not the first time electric vehicles (EVs) have gained in popularity. They were quite the rage more than 100 years ...

Africa Month serves as a reminder of the urgent need for change in a continent rich in resources but plagued by poverty and ...

Microsoft visited an artisanal cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in December as part of attempts to jump-start formalisation of the little-regulated and dangerous industry that experts ...

Mines Minister Willy Kitobo Samsoni said last week that hand-dug metal accounts for a fifth of cobalt output in Congo, the world’s biggest producer of the essential ingredient in lithium-ion ...

Gecamines SA, the state-owned mining company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intends to monitor any acquisition of cobalt producer Chemaf Resources Ltd in order to obtain a mining permit by ...