Companies producing lithium batteries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more …

How companies in the cobalt supply chain can source responsible cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid these human rights risks is a question worth exploring.

Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The …

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most mineral-rich countries in the world, with its untapped mineral deposits amounting to $24 trillion USD. Yet, the DRC and the Congolese people have not reaped the fruits of this massive wealth.

The dark side of batteries: Child labor and cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

lithium-ion batteries has had on completed education attainment and child labor outcomes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It does so by exploiting the effects of the plausibly exogenous cobalt boom that occurred in the DRC as a consequence of

The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

Most of the world''s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. On ...

Cobalt powers our lives. What is it—and why is it so …

Cobalt powers our lives. What is it—and why is it so ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal …

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and use of cobalt in advanced batteries has prompted global supply chain reviews, responsible sourcing initiatives, and research to remove cobalt from battery cathodes. However, no …

The Dark Side of Congo''s Cobalt Rush

The Dark Side of Congo''s Cobalt Rush

''Cobalt Red'' describes the ''horror show'' of mining the …

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

One hundred years of cobalt production in the Democratic …

As Western firms left the DRC, Chinese firms were rapidly expanding cobalt chemical refining for battery cathodes to support the strategic emerging industry of …

Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: …

This new regulation will require companies to source battery minerals "responsibly," which ... Extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the report concluded that ASM operations are an integral part of cobalt mining in the DRC and that there is amining. ...

Cobalt mining for Big Tech is driving child labor, deaths in the Congo …

Child labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the curtain on ...

Cobalt: the DRC and the Role of Lithium-ion Battery Recycling

Cobalt is a critical component in lithium-ion battery cathodes for high energy and power applications. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for almost two-thirds of global cobalt supply. However, some of the artisanal stream of cobalt production in the DRC has unfortunately been documented to involve child labour.

DRC is the world''s largest producer of cobalt – how …

4 · The Democratic Republic of Congo is the world''s major supplier of cobalt, used in electric vehicle batteries, and is asserting its rights as an equal partner in the renewable energy transition.

China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal …

From 2000 through 2020, demand for cobalt to manufacture batteries grew 26-fold. Eighty-two percent of this growth occurred in China and China''s cobalt refinery production increased 78-fold. Diminished industrial cobalt mine production in the early-to-mid 2000s led many Chinese companies to purchase …

China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal …

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and use of cobalt in advanced batteries has prompted global supply chain reviews, responsible sourcing initiatives, and …

Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal cobalt extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

lithium-ion batteries used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles, is expected to grow fourfold by 2030. More than 70% of the global production of cobalt takes place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost

It moves from small-scale Congolese mines to a single Chinese company — Congo DongFang International Mining, part of one of the world''s biggest cobalt …

DR Congo wants to move up the battery supply chain

From cobalt miner to battery producer. Today, Congo accounts for about two-thirds of global cobalt production. The metal is exported largely unprocessed and …

Hunt for the ''Blood Diamond of Batteries'' Impedes Green Energy …

KASULO, Democratic Republic of Congo — A man in a pinstripe suit with a red pocket square walked around the edge of a giant pit one April afternoon where hundreds of workers often toil in flip ...

Race to the Future: What to Know About the Frantic Quest for …

What to Know About the Frantic Quest for Cobalt

As global interest in DR Congo''s lithium deposits soars, the …

Three companies – AVZ Minerals Limited, Critical Resources Limited and Tantalex Resources Corporation – have publicly announced plans to carry out …

China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal …

During a 42-fold increase in China''s cobalt refinery production from 1999 through 2005, the country that historically mined most of the world''s cobalt—the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—had just begun to rise from a socioeconomic collapse and two ...

How Tesla Should Combat Child Labor In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Battery-powered vehicles are a promising alternative, but for the foreseeable future, they depend on cobalt, a mineral found primarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where child labor ...

Deployment of the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) was deployed on 15 December 2023 to support the Government of the DRC to restore peace and security in the eastern DRC, which has witnessed an

Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

The dangers of cobalt mining in the Congo

February 16, 2023 – Cobalt mining is taking a huge toll on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.), according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health''s Siddharth Kara. A new book by Kara, a visiting scientist at Harvard ...

Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC …

Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in ...

China, cobalt and the Congo: Why Xi Jinping is winning the ''batteries …

More than 70% of the world''s cobalt is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Credit: American Mangenese) By 2025, the lithium-ion battery will become the new oil barrel as the world drives to electrify its vehicles and run its power grids on battery-based

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