They often work in dangerous conditions for uncertain income, and the government has struggled to keep child laborers away ... The facility — now the biggest cobalt mine in the world — was ...

where production is rife with child labor and other human-rights abuses, and is refined in China. A small amount of cobalt is produced as a byproduct at the Eagle Mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Stauber wrote that China is a “hostile and immoral nation that has no concern for the environment.” Stauber suggested we have ...

The mine is a historic copper-gold-silver producer. Its portfolio also includes cobalt assets in Ontario ... for human rights abuses and sometimes child labor in its mining industry.

Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal - President headed to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel ...

We have an ability to go and collect these materials at a fraction of the cost and at a fraction of the environmental destruction that you’re getting with ... terrestrial mining' ...

Cobalt is a highly prized metal, especially for makers of smartphones and EVs. Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor remains a serious concern.

Cobalt Holdings' plans to accumulate what amounts to a Western strategic stockpile is an interesting development in the broader competition between the West and China for access to critical minerals.

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.