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

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

Tartisan Nickel Corp. is a Canadian-based mineral exploration and development company which owns the Kenbridge Nickel Project near Sioux Narrows, Northwestern Ontario; the Night Danger Turtle Pond ...

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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 ...

U.S. officials negotiating with the DRC should minimize the risks of a partnership, clearly define American mineral needs and explore possible alternatives to make sure that any deal is worth the ...

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 ...

She said more than two-thirds of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “DRC really depends on the tax revenues that are associated with mining. The government ...