Congo to revoke cobalt quotas for companies that fail to export full volume

The Democratic Republic of Congo will revoke cobalt export quotas from companies that fail to export allocated volumes, ...
The Washington Post

Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers

After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they would adhere to international safety standards The Shabara artisanal mine, ...
Metro US

Blockchain to track Congo’s cobalt from mine to mobile

LONDON (Reuters) – Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt’s journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and ...
Into the Shadows on MSN

How Congo’s Cobalt Mines Became the World’s Hidden Crisis

The cobalt under Congo’s soil powers the world's richest nations - but the cost is borne by the poorest. Working in hand-dug ...
Fast Company

TikTokers say they’re quitting vaping after learning about the human-rights abuses in Congo cobalt mines

Vapes are just one device that rely on cobalt: All electronics with lithium-ion batteries, including phones, computers, and EVs, are tied to the mining industry, where abuses are rampant. Despite the ...

Trafigura's Congo artisanal cobalt project to end, replaced by industrial mining

Trafigura is ending an artisanal cobalt formalisation project in Democratic Republic of Congo, which it has run alongside miner Chemaf and NGO PACT for nearly two years, the commodities trader said on ...
Yahoo

Did You Know A Congo Child Labor Case Regarding Cobalt Mining Ended With 5 Tech Giants Being Absolved Of Wrongdoing?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is among the countries facing a humanitarian crisis. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reported that it’s not only experiencing one of ...
NPR

D.R. Congo's mining capital is at the heart of Biden's bid to counter China in Africa

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Little about Kolwezi, a small city in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, hints at its global importance. Nondescript and ringed by slag heaps, pits and ...
Mining

Congo sticking to cobalt export quotas, keen to boost processing

Democratic Republic of Congo will stick to its recently announced quota system for cobalt exports, with revisions only possible in the long term if the government sees them as necessary, the country’s ...
Nasdaq

China's CMOC resumes copper, cobalt shipments from Congo's TFM mine

NAIROBI, July 10 (Reuters) - China's CMOC Group 603993.SS said on Monday it has resumed exports of copper and cobalt from its TFM mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the first confirmation of ...
Digital Journal

DR Congo’s state cobalt buyer pursuing new mine partnerships

In the front line: Children are facing 'unprecedented' violence in eastern DR Congo, says the UN - Copyright AFP TAUSEEF MUSTAFA In the front line: Children are ...
The Harvard Crimson

Cobalt, Congo, and the Costs of Fighting Climate Change

Joshua Ochieng ’24, an Associate Editorial Editor, is an Economics concentrator in Quincy House. Burning forests, flooding homes, and raging famine. The impending doom of climate change is scarcely a ...