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.

China is exploiting children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, forcing them to work under hazardous conditions to mine the cobalt that powers electronic devices and electric cars ...

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 ...

Workers earn around R40 per day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's growing cobalt mines. Chinese dominance in the mines is breeding resentment from locals. In a landmark case, the Labour Court ...

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.

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 ...