The project forms part of the Bank’s broader skills revolution agenda, which recognizes youth and women as central to ...
Cobalt mining in the DRC is marred by human rights violations, including child labor, driven by weak regulations and corruption. China's control over 70% of the global cobalt supply raises concerns ...
During this end-of-year holiday season, top of the presents wish list for many are cell phones, computers, tablets, portable power tools, wearable tech, or a myriad of other products with rechargeable ...
Some three quarters of the word’s supply of cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where children as young as 10 years old help extract the metal from hand dug shafts in the ...
Electric vehicles promise a cleaner, greener future. They offer freedom from fossil fuels and hope for a sustainable planet. But behind the sleek designs and advanced batteries lies a story few want ...
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Melbourne, Australia published a study finding that copper and cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have sustained ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt's journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and ...
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Leading electric carmakers may be unwittingly using child labour to produce batteries for vehicles that have grown in popularity for using clean energy aimed at ...