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

Industrial mines, like those operated by Swiss ... To what extent is child labor a factor in cobalt production today, and what can consumers do to combat it? What about corporate responsibility?

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In a celebration set to captivate the international elite, Nicolas Niarchos, the eldest son of Spyros Niarchos and Daphne ...

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

The Rubaya mines have been at the center of the fighting ... Congo is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and other products, but ...

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why Elon Musk won't save us from climate change.

Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more ...

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