Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost

Workers, including children, labor in harsh and dangerous conditions to meet the world's soaring demand for cobalt, a mineral essential to ...

For Your Phone and EV, a Cobalt Supply Chain to a Hell on Earth

The race for high-tech metals has sparked a cobalt boom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has come at a steep human cost.

Blood cobalt - ABC

One of the poorest countries on Earth is paying a heavy price for the world's green energy revolution.

ILAB Lithium-ion Batteries Storyboard - U.S. Department of Labor

From Artisanal Mines to Electric Cars: How does cobalt mined with child labor end up in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries? Photo Credit: © Michael Robinson ...

Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC

Expansion of mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to forced eviction and grievous human rights abuses.

COBALT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The cathodes used in lithium- ion batteries account for 55 percent of cobalt demand among all products in which it is used, with its second largest use going ...

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable ...

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes ...

Cobalt powers our lives. What is it—and why is it so controversial?

The silvery blue metal is used to make lithium-ion batteries that supply energy to everything from cars to e-cigarettes.

Understanding cobalt's human cost - Northwestern Now

After studying how cobalt mining affects communities in Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers call for more data into how emerging ...

In Quest for Battery Metals, U.S. Takes On Cobalt's 'Inconvenient Truth'

Congo supplies around 70% of the world's cobalt, a key metal in the lithium-ion batteries used in EVs, with about a third of that coming from ...

The Harmful Effects of our Lithium Batteries - Greenly

In this article we'll explore why lithium batteries come with their own heavy environmental cost, and why they're not necessarily the ...

The Environmental Impacts of Lithium and Cobalt Mining - Earth.Org

Demand for electric vehicles is likely to continue to increase in the coming decades, as the apparatus to switch to more sustainable forms of ...

The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic ... - WBUR

Most of the world's cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor ...

Benita Kayembe takes hard look at hidden human cost of electric cars

Chan graduate's research focuses on deadly risks, exploitation faced by workers who mine key component of lithium-ion batteries in Republic of the Congo.

Mining of cobalt, copper in DRC leading to human rights abuses

Expansion of industrial-scale mines has led to forced evictions, Amnesty International says.

The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of Small ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has some of the world's most valuable minerals, such as copper, gold, coltan, cobalt, and diamonds, and ...

China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal cobalt ...

However, no study has systematically evaluated how large of a role artisanal mining plays in world cobalt mine production. Doing so reveals ...

Quantifying the life-cycle health impacts of a cobalt-containing ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been criticized for contributing to negative social impacts along their life cycles, especially child ...

The Dark Side of Congo's Cobalt Rush | The New Yorker

Cell phones and electric cars rely on the mineral, causing a boom in demand, Nicolas Niarchos writes. Locals are hunting for this buried ...

No Time to Waste: Governing Cobalt Amid the Energy Transition

such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not adequately leveraging cobalt, copper and other minerals and metals to improve the lives ...