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

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 ...

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

One displaced woman, Alice Feza ... Rwanda's critics accuse it of using the M23 to loot eastern DR Congo's minerals such as gold, cobalt and tantalum. Human Rights Watch has warned of escalating ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

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

We explore the cobalt ... to Mining Technology’s parent company GlobalData. While demand remains high, oversupply from major producers, namely the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has put ...

Meanwhile, Indonesia's rapid expansion in mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) production offers an alternative to the Democratic Republic of ... cobalt supply comes from copper/cobalt mines in ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

He told DW that if Kagame was involved in the conflict in the eastern region of Congo and was accessing the mining products from ... that demand for nickel and cobalt will increase 20-fold between ...

Neighboring Rwanda and Uganda have financial interests in Congolese mines, as well as China and the United States. Most of Congo’s mineral ... s leading producer of cobalt, key to making batteries.