The trading unit of CMOC Group Ltd. — the world’s biggest producer of cobalt — has declared force majeure on deliveries of ...

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being used to mine cobalt, a mineral found in virtually all batteries, including those in cellphones, laptops and electric cars.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on exports of cobalt by three months as the world’s dominant producer ...

IXM, a metals trading unit of China’s CMOC Group, has declared force majeure on its cobalt supply contracts due to an ongoing ...

Children still mining cobalt for gadget batteries in Congo 05:56. A CBS News investigation has found child labor being used in the dangerous mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering extending a ban on exports of cobalt, as it explores how to implement quotas ...

Dela wa Monga, an artisanal miner, holds a cobalt stone at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct. 12, 2022. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images ...

Cobalt mining comes at a great cost to public health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. New research reveals that children are particularly vulnerable: their urine and blood samples contain ...

Released this week and entitled, “Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Addressing Root Causes of Human Rights Abuses,” the paper is co-published by the NYU Stern Center for ...

The CMOC-owned Tenke Fungurume industrial mine, one of the world's largest copper-cobalt facilities, in the Lualaba province of Democratic Republic of Congo. Industries | The Big Take ...

FIArtisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016.

She said more than two-thirds of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “DRC really depends on the tax revenues that are associated with mining.