A CBS News investigation has found child labor being used in the dangerous mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mineral cobalt is used in virtually all batteries in common devices, including cellphones, laptops and even electric vehicles. A report by Amnesty International firs...
Since child and slave labor have been repeatedly reported in cobalt mining, primarily in the artisanal mines of DR Congo, technology companies seeking an ethical supply chain have faced shortages of this raw material and[115] the price of cobalt metal reached a nine-year high in October 2017, ...
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Congolese mining industry: hard & hazardous labor Artisanal and small-scale mining operations employ about 12.5 million Congolese. Of those people, most are involved in nickel, copper, and cobalt mining. Children aged 15 and older are legally allowed to do light work in DR Congo. However, hal...
Furthermore, the longer-term prospects of cobalt could face hurdles due to efforts to reduce its use in batteries, partly driven by human rights concerns associated with artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC and related child labor and human rights abuses. In a 2021 ruling by a federal court in...
in whom we also found evidence of exposure-related oxidative DNA damage. It was already known that industrial mining and processing of metals has led to severe environmental pollution in the region. This field study provides novel and robust empirical evidence that the artisanal extraction of cobalt...
Electric vehicle manufacturers are eager to curtail the use of cobalt in their battery packs not only for cost reduction but to counter the child labor practices used to mine the mineral.Research has also shown that cobalt can lead to oxygen release at high voltage, causing damage to lithium-...
Congo(DRC) in Africa is one of the countries with largest reserves of copper-cobalt ore in the world.The Katanga Province in southern Congo(DRC),is an important area of the copper-cobalt ore belt.This article presents the application effects of the induced polarization (IP) sounding method to...
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The clean energy revolution hinges on the Democratic Republic of Congo — where conflict, corruption, and child labor are rife