These stark images tell a dark tale about the mining of cobalt, one of the most prized minerals of the modern technological age. Taken near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a major ...

Artisanal and small-scale mining are estimated to employ an estimated 200,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and over a million more are indirectly involved through trade and ...

Congo currently supplies about 70% of the world’s mined cobalt, and that industry has led to human-rights abuses, modern-day slavery, child labor, forced evictions, and rampant violence.

Released this week and entitled, “ Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Addressing Root Causes of Human Rights Abuses, ” the paper is co-published by the NYU Stern Center for ...

Artisanal and small-scale mining are estimated to employ an estimated 200,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and over a million more are indirectly involved through trade and ...