Essay: “We miners die a lot.” Appalling conditions and poverty wages – the lives of cobalt miners in the DRC
In an in-depth essay, scholar ROY MACONACHIE, in an article first published on The Conversation, reports on the plight of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt miners…
Essay: Many global corporations will soon have to police up and down their supply chains as EU human rights “due diligence” law nears enactment
RACHEL CHAMBER and DAVID BIRCHALL, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at what the new law means…
Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labour in Africa
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Five of the world’s largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in Africa forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit. The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from the Democratic Republic of […]
SUPPLY CHAINS: CONGO MINE DEPLOYS DIGITAL WEAPONS IN FIGHT AGAINST CONFLICT MINERALS
AARON ROSS and BARBARA LEWIS, of Reuters, report on efforts to ensure minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don’t use child labour or fund warlords and corrupt soldiers….
Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo, say campaigners
Thomson Reuters Foundation Demand for electric vehicles is fuelling a rise in child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts said this week, urging companies to take action as the industry expands. Cobalt is a key component in batteries for electric cars, phones and laptops, and Congo provides more than half […]