The project forms part of the Bank’s broader skills revolution agenda, which recognizes youth and women as central to ...

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 ...

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn't doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it is ...

Interest in cobalt has increased in recent years due to its use in the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric cars. Global cobalt mine production reached a record high of 230,000 metric tons (MT ...

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 ...

Apple and other major tech companies don’t have to compensate victims of forced child labor that provided cobalt for the lithium-ion batteries used in many electronic devices, a US appeals court ruled ...

Raphael Deberdt receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Jessica DiCarlo received funding from The Wilson Center. The mineral-rich Democratic Republic ...

Along the 63-mile highway between the towns of Kolwezi and Fungurume sit two towering symbols of China’s stranglehold over resources in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo: huge ...

Glencore has become the first miner to export cobalt under Democratic Republic of Congo's new quotas, sending a small initial shipment to test the system, one government source and two trade sources ...