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The cobalt suppliers included Eurasian Resources Group, Glencore, Umicore and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, court papers show. None was named as a defendant. The case is Doe 1 et al v Apple Inc et al, D ...
Around 75 per cent of the world’s cobalt is mined in the DRC -- and the world cannot get enough of it. The rare, silvery metal is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery ...
Praise for Cobalt Red includes: Kara has also appeared extensively in the media to talk about the human rights abuses involved with cobalt mining, including on The Joe Rogan Experience, Fresh Air, CNN, Fox News, and ABC News. [9] Cobalt Red was a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. [10] In addition, the book was:
[15] This also applies to blood, as the concentrations of cobalt in blood were higher in exposed adults, children and miners. [15] For cobalt, which also gets spread through humans, effects include damage to the heart and being toxic for the thyroid. Cobalt can also cause allergic dermatitis, asthma, and hard-metal lung disease. [16]
Siddharth Kara's 'Cobalt Red' is a powerful exposé of cobalt mining, ... Pay these men, women and children a buck or two a day, then mix the mined cobalt into the supply chain, with nary a trace ...
Coltan is the colloquial name for the mineral columbite-tantalum ("col-tan"). In the early 21st century coltan mining is associated with human rights violations such as child labour, systematic exploitation of the population by governments or militant groups, exposure to toxic chemicals and other hazards as a result of lax environmental protection, and general safety laws and regulations. [1]
The KOV mine is a large, active open pit copper and cobalt mine near Kolwezi in Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The site contains some of the highest grade copper ore of any mine in the world. [1] The mine is also one of the world's largest Cobalt producers. [2] [3]
The Mutanda Mine (French: Mine de Mutanda) is an open-pit copper and cobalt mine in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the largest cobalt mine in the world. Accidents and spills at the mine have killed workers and polluted nearby rivers and fields.