KoBold Metals, supported by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, signed a deal to develop Congo's Manono lithium deposit, overcoming a ...

KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo that positions the U.S. firm to acquire the ...

Billionaire Dan Gertler has revealed in . confidential arbitration testimony. that he made payments to an associate of the ...

As much as 30 percent of Congo’s cobalt production comes from artisanal mining. And it’s unclear whether Congo’s plans for reform will turn into reality.

Billionaire Dan Gertler’s confidential arbitration testimony describes how he paid an associate of Congo’s former president, ...

KAWAMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - JUNE 8: A worker descends into a copper and cobalt mine in ...More Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt is used in the batteries for electric cars ...

As a result, about 67% of tin, tantalum and tungsten mines in Congo are no longer in the control of armed militias, according to the Enough Project, a human rights group. Advertisement.

Democratic Republic of Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi is seeking to cancel a decree granting Entreprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC) a monopoly over artisanal cobalt produced in the ...

These industrial mines accounted for about 89 percent of Congo’s cobalt production in 2020, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, although industry insiders said some smaller ...

The number of illegal miners killed in a gold mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 22 on Thursday, the country’s minister of social affairs told CNN.

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a ...

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show." ...