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“Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,” Mr Kara writes. Cobalt is toxic to touch and breathe in, and can be found alongside traces of radioactive uranium.
China holds a 68% stake in Sicomines, the copper and cobalt joint venture with Congo's state mining firm Gecamines, following a 2008 infrastructure-for-minerals deal, which Congo now is seeking to ...
Siddharth Kara's 'Cobalt Red' is a powerful exposé of cobalt mining, which powers green technologies even as it destroys Congo's poorest people. The horrors behind the mining industry that powers ...
Globally, most cobalt is used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries. Some estimates indicate a 5000% increase in electric vehicle manufacture between 2016 and 2030 to meet CO 2 emission targets in the Paris Agreement. This has created a mining boom for cobalt, copper, and other minerals critical for manufacture of electric vehicle batteries. [8]
International Rights Advocates, Inc. filed an injunctive relief and damages class-action lawsuit against Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and Tesla in December 2019. [1] The plaintiff was representing fourteen Congolese parents and children seeking relief and damage fees for these companies aiding and abetting the use of young children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cobalt mining industry. [2]
The second-largest mineral industry in the world is the mineral industry of Africa, which implies large quantities of resources due to Africa being the second largest continent, with 30.37 million square kilometres of land.With a population of 1.4 billion living there, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies for many African countries and remain keys ...
It holds over half of the copper and cobalt in the copperbelt. [3] The Musonoi mine is located in a dolomitic inferior formation of the Roan Group, Katanga Supergroup, from the Precambrian IV age. It is deeply affected by folds and thrust nappes. [1] Two ore bodies about 10 metres (33 ft) thick are known, containing copper, cobalt, manganese ...
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