And the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Congo for short, is the king of cobalt ... injuries among the countless children working in small-scale, hand-dug mines, often in manually carved tunnels ...
Images of devastation in Goma have begun to shift attention toward the crisis in DR Congo, pushing celebrities to boycott Rwanda.
Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...
An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma, worsening a humanitarian crisis ...
"How the raw materials are extracted should live up to our vision of avoiding exploitation, and ensure children ... of the Congo (DRC), Paul Zagabe Nbanze works in a copper and cobalt mine.
Reuters Women and children are among those known to work in DR Congo's informal mines (file photo ... DR Congo has rich reserves of minerals like cobalt, diamonds, copper and gold, but its ...
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 ...
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 ...