Images of devastation in Goma have begun to shift attention toward the crisis in DR Congo, pushing celebrities to boycott Rwanda.

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...

This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into the world’s headlines after Amnesty ...

Gécamines SA, Congo's state-owned mining company, has filed an application to acquire a division of Chemaf Resources Ltd. a few months after announcing its intention to block the sale of the copper ...

Technology giant Apple Inc. is under investigation for allegedly using minerals sourced from conflict-hit zones in the ...

7,000 kilometers south, near the mining town of Kolwezi in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Paul Zagabe Nbanze works in a copper and cobalt mine. His baseball cap is his only protection ...

That would make it the first operating lithium mine in Congo, the world’s second-largest copper producer and biggest source of cobalt. Chinese companies including Zijin are investing heavily in ...

Tech companies are trying to clean up the way they source cobalt, a key ingredient in ... conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo . Photo: Alexandra Wexler/The Wall Street Journal ...

Apple has denied allegations in the past that it has sourced cobalt and other ... Getty Images) Men, women and children have often toiled in toxic conditions in Congo's mines, and according ...

That would make it the first operating lithium mine in Congo, the world’s second-largest copper producer and biggest source of cobalt. Chinese companies including Zijin are investing heavily in ...