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Congo cobalt mined by children may be in your mobile phone: Amnesty
KINSHASA: Cobalt used in batteries for phones, laptops and electric vehicles could come from mines in Democratic Republic of Congo that use child labour ... work in informal mining, with ...
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The Dark Side of Electric Cars: Cobalt, Corruption, and Child Labor
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where more than 70% of the world’s cobalt is mined ... So far, over 6,200 children ...
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Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers
After revelations of child labor and treacherous ... across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three largest cobalt mining towns. Houreld is The ...