Cobalt is a critical component of green technologies like battery electrodes and the magnets in electric motors and wind ...

Congo is by far the world's biggest producer of cobalt ... including children. Alexis Mikandji, the director general of the Ministry of Mines’ certification agency, CEEC, said the Congo had ...

Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo ... and Save the Children estimate that tens of thousands of minors work in these illegal cobalt mines.

Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.

Riders display their mastery in the saddle as well as their ornate styling at the Hassan II Trophy of Tbourida in Morocco on ...

Firms continue to look for the best way to acquire these materials, but environmental safety and cost efficiency hang in the ...

AI is making it much easier to spread disinformation, enable fraud, and cause conflicts to become deadlier. Moreover, AI, ...

A nickel refinery in Lawton, hoping to help solve America’s critical minerals crisis, has been the center of debate. After ...

Electric vehicles promise a cleaner future, but behind Tesla’s sleek designs lie lithium mining disasters, toxic battery ...

The world's top cobalt supplier suspended exports in February after prices hit a nine-year low at just $10 a pound.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering extending a ban on exports of cobalt, as it explores how to implement quotas ...

Cobalt prices and stocks surged in China after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended its export ban to September, ...