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About two-thirds of cobalt mining is carried out in industrial mines with the use of heavy machinery, and accompanied by health and safety standards. Artisanal production makes up the remaining share.
The products released from phosphate ore mining are wastes, and tailings, resulting in human exposure to particulate matter from contaminated tailings via inhalation and the toxic elements that impact human health are (Cd, Cr, Zn, Cu and Pb). [101]
Mining for critical minerals can threaten public health or human rights in communities affected by mining. [13] Child labour and lack of safety regulations frequently endanger mine workers. The environmental effects of mining these materials can pollute or deplete soil and water; and the effects can last for centuries. The impacts of mining ...
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 unnecessary human tragedy that accompanies ...
Strip mining eliminates existing vegetation, destroys the genetic soil profile, displaces or destroys wildlife and habitat, alters current land uses, and to some extent permanently changes the general topography of the area mined. [9] Adverse impacts on geological features of human interest may occur in a coal strip mine.
A desperate search for survival – women and children as young as nine years old spend hours each day digging at a cobalt mine in Kolwezi City in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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]
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