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...
Cobalt Critical mineral Battery material Supply risk China Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) JEL classification code: Q3 P28 Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again and make sure cookies are enabled Data availability All data is provided in the Supplementary Information Table 1.References...
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....
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In 2023, the mine production of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) totaled an estimated 170,000 metric tons, the peak production volume in the indicated period.
The largest source of cobalt – the copper-cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – which accounted for 76% of global cobalt production in 2023,and that number forecast to have remained unchanged through 2024 and 2025, according to Fastmarkets researchers. ...
Many risks remain in the Congo - this presentation has focused on power and consumables risk. The shutdown of Mutanda does give us some breathing room but more projects are in the pipeline over the next 5 years. Without further investment, acid power shortages are a risk. Effect on cobalt...
listed as a key enterprise for the development of overseas copper resources. Copper industrial cluster of China Railway Resources Group in Democratic Republic of the Congo with an annual capacity of 300,000 to 350,000 tons of copper has also been listed as China’s key overseas copper resource...
presence in a region rich in cobalt, copper and other critical minerals used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies. Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 Two years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China owned 72% of cobalt ...
The clean energy revolution hinges on the Democratic Republic of Congo — where conflict, corruption, and child labor are rife