An Amnesty International investigation claims child labor is being used to acquire cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a mineral used in the production of lithium-ion batteries purchased by tech companies like Apple. The report, published on Monday by Amnesty and DPR non-profit...
Apple, in conjunction with Dell, Google, Microsoft, and Tesla have requested a dismissal of a class-action suit alleging tech companies have knowingly exploited underage labor in local mining for cobalt, used in lithium-ion batteries. The quintet were been named in December in a l...
Children often work in mines because they're small, able to squeeze into tiny tunnels to harvest minerals. It's dangerous work due to unsafe conditions, like tunnel collapses and toxic chemicals in the air. "It's not just that it's child labor and that these children are missing school ...
Collingsworth was in DRC to investigate the subject of child labor around the cobalt mines there. Cobalt is a key component of thelithium-ion battery, which is used in our smartphones,computers, and even in certainelectric cars— all items that are nearly inextricable from the way we live ou...
The clean energy revolution hinges on the Democratic Republic of Congo — where conflict, corruption, and child labor are rife