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.
the armed groups want to occupy the whole of eastern Congo because of its land, its gold mines and, above all, its cobalt mines. Gold nuggets can be found by simply digging along the rivers with ...
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 ...