But it did not respond when asked to confirm its cobalt was 100% free from child labor. ... begun to actively address the ethical sourcing challenges related to DRC cobalt," it said.

The IBA’s news release noted that the war in the DRC has lasted for over three decades. Per the United Nations (UN), the DRC ...

LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday The ...

The cost of cobalt has recently dropped by nearly half, which is a manifoldproblem. Not only does this make life more difficult for workers in the DRC, as yield demand increases and wages fall ...

Children still mining cobalt for gadget batteries in Congo 05:56. A CBS News investigation has found child labor being used in the dangerous mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KINSHASA, (June 12, 2024) – Children working in some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) cobalt mines are getting support to trade their tools for textbooks to escape from dangerous and even ...

Child labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the curtain on a ...

To improve consumer confidence that cobalt from the DRC is not mined by children or in unsafe conditions, the mining industry needs to formalize its approach to these ASM sites.

Child labor has been used in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt is a chemical element used to make rechargeable batteries. What's False However, cobalt is not used ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has initiated a state monopoly to oversee the production and export of artisanal ...

Cobalt is a vital component of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, but is largely sourced from the DRC where human rights investigations have found child labor is rampant.

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn’t doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it ...