This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into the world’s headlines after Amnesty ...

Microsoft and Tesla — could not be held liable for work conditions in the Congo. What other pressures are available for people trying to stop this? Artisanal miners working at a cobalt mine near ...

In the middle of a trade war, Congo is trying to woo Trump’s White House without risking critical investment from Beijing.

Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo - where there ... that tens of thousands of minors work in these illegal cobalt mines. In protest, activists have ...

Children who work in the mines are often drugged ... These days, most of the cobalt in southern Congo comes from industrial mines, which are largely owned by Chinese companies.

Cobalt mining pollutes critical water sources ... The exploitation of Black workers in the Congo has contributed to some Black transit activists in the U.S. not fully supporting the transition ...

Deep in the green hills of eastern Congo, the mining site at Rubaya hums with the sound of generators. Thousands work to extract strategic minerals essential for the production of phones, batteries, ...

China's CMOC Group , the world's top cobalt mining company, called on Democratic Republic of Congo last week to lift a ban on ...

Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a booming industry that is putting a lot of citizens to work, as something like 70 percent of the world's cobalt comes from the African nation.

CMOC Group boosted cobalt production at its mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first three months of this year even after local authorities imposed a temporary halt to exports of the ...

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that. Tariffs aren’t the only thing restricting ...