CBS News' investigation ofchild labor in African cobalt minesrevealed the shocking fact that tens of thousands of children are still growing up without a childhood. On Monday we showed you how most of the mineral used to make batteries is unearthed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many top...
The work is hard enough for an adult man, but it is unthinkable for a child. Yet tens of thousands of Congolese kids are involved in every stage of mining for cobalt. The latest research by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates 40,000 children are working in DRC mines....
A Sky News investigation has found children as young as four working in Congolese mines where cobalt is extracted for smartphones.Why you can trust Sky News Watch Next Trump supporters on the eve of the inauguration Released Israeli hostages reunite with families Gaza ceasefire: How the day...
Children's rights are being infringed across the world from cobalt mines to child soldiering, the appalling treatment of refugee children in the US and the reluctance to reunite them with their families in the UK - to name but a few examples. Universal credit and child rights For his part,...
“In my area, we have nine quarries with copper and cobalt ore where several families — dads and mums looking to survive — do informal mining all day long,” said Louis Tshota, administrator of Kipushi territory. “Children go to work in the mines to help their parents, which deprives...
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(Sb), arsenic (As), boron (B), barium (Ba), beryllium (Be), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mn), mercury (Hg), molybdenum (Mb), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), selenium (Se), tin (Sn), thallium (Tl), vanadium (V) and zinc (...
Where artisanal mines and forest meet: socio-economic and environmental impacts in the Congo Basin While mineral exploitation can provide significant income and employment, it may negatively impact the environment, being ultimately detrimental to livelih... V Ingram,JC Tieguhong,J Schure,... 被引...
The article discusses the possibility of urban agriculture (UA) as an alternative to the copper and cobalt mining. Mining had dominated employment in Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the presence of the mining company Générale des Carrières et des Mines (...
Also, the Polish cement plants in Chełm and Rejowiec (Chelm County, LV) and the black coal mines in Bogdanka (Bogdanka, Poland) and Stefanów (Stefanów, Poland) are in LV. The aircraft-producing plants in Lublin, Biała Podlaska (Biała Podlaska County, Poland) and Świdnik (...