Ultimately, both industrial and artisanal mining carry the same health risks, ranging from overexertion of workers to exposure to toxic chemicals and gases in the environment. In the DRC, notably in ...

Cobalt is a mineral in high demand for its use in electric vehicle batteries, aerospace and defense technologies.

China has a stranglehold on the cobalt mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), representing the country’s relentless pursuit to conquer the continent.

"DRC to enforce state monopoly on artisanal cobalt amid export ban" was originally created and published by Mining Technology, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been ...

visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three largest cobalt mining towns. Houreld is The Washington Post’s East Africa bureau chief, based in Nairobi, with responsibilities ...

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produces over 70% of the world’s cobalt, but most of it is refined in China, which also owns several Congolese mines. As U.S.-China trade tensions rise, the DRC ...

The African mining ministerial forums at the Investing in African Mining Indaba are a critical component of the event’s programme, as delegates are provided with a first-hand impression of the mining ...

back from Katanga in southern Congo - source of half the world's cobalt - tells of his concerns about the conditions in which artisanal miners work, including children. And David Weight of the ...

Of the total cobalt mined in the DRC, about 15% to 30% is produced by unregulated artisanal small-scale mining, the source of reported human rights violations, where children are put to work and ...