2023年2月1日 · Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

2022年2月23日 · Beneath Congo’s rich red earth lies the world’s largest known deposit of cobalt, a key metal in the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.

2023年2月23日 · Child labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the curtain on a...

2021年5月24日 · Southern Congo sits atop an estimated 3.4 million metric tons of cobalt, almost half the world’s known supply. In recent decades, hundreds of thousands of Congolese have moved to the...

2024年3月13日 · Most of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. Today, On Point: Episode three of our special series discusses cobalt and the human cost of mining.

In 2023, a new governmental monitoring system inspected 10 artisanal cobalt mining sites and registered 5,346 children to be assessed for services. The U.S. Department of Labor still categorizes the DRC as having made “minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.” 20.

2023年3月28日 · As demand for cobalt has skyrocketed over the last few decades, it is Congo, home to most of Earth’s cobalt reserves, which has bore the brunt. This article explores the environmental impacts of cobalt mining in Congo.

2024年3月27日 · A new report released today reveals that toxic pollution from industrial cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is having devastating human and environmental impacts. The findings challenge the narrative of ‘clean’ and ‘sustainable cobalt’ frequently promoted by multinational mining companies.

2023年3月30日 · The race for high-tech metals has sparked a cobalt boom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has come at a steep human cost. In an e360 interview, author Siddharth Kara talks about the horrific conditions in the mines that are …

Two-thirds of the world’s cobalt comes from Congo, which has been mired in conflict for decades, and about a fifth of that is mined by hand. But with children often working alongside adults in...