The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s richest deposits of cobalt, copper, and other critical minerals, enacted ...

A leading producer of copper and cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also seeing exploration interest in ...

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to finalize a minerals deal with the United States by the end of June.

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

In protest, activists have repeatedly called for a boycott on cobalt from the DRC. To what extent is child labor a factor in cobalt production today, and what can consumers do to combat it?

“From eastern DRC, coltan is bought by traders ... Congo is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and other products, but U.S.

The continent's subsoil contains large quantities of gems and minerals such as gold, diamonds, platinum, chromium, uranium, copper, colton, cobalt, and more. Beneath the red earth of southern DRC lies ...

Cobalt prices have been in a steady state of decline for much of the past few years as the market has remained constrained by ...

Artisanal and small-scale mining and child labour remain a salient feature of cobalt extraction in the DRC. These miners receive little to no support and reflect the historical structural ...

Cobalt prices started 2024 trading at the US$29,151.50 per metric ton level, the highest price point the battery metal achieved in 2024. By the end of the year prices had contracted by 16.68 ...

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 ...