Emissions surged after the processing facility opened to produce critical mineral for electric-car batteries, an environment ...

A new investigation alleges pollution, illness and displacement around one of the world’s largest cobalt operations, raising ...

Residents living near a mine contracted respiratory illnesses following continued exposure to sulfur dioxide gas, a US ...

The cobalt export suspension from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will expire on October 15. The restriction, imposed in February, extended in June and again on Sunday, had a profound impact on ...

When the earth caved in eastern Congo last week, more than 200 Congolese miners were buried alive. Those who survived spent ...

Shares of Chinese cobalt producers rose after the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a plan to replace a months-long ban on shipments with a system of export quotas that’s set to start in October.

Illicit mining caused the landslide on March 11 that “led to fatalities and injuries,” its unit Boss Mining said.

Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in ...

Along the 63-mile highway between the towns of Kolwezi and Fungurume sit two towering symbols of China’s stranglehold over resources in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo: huge ...

Glencore (OTCPK:GLCNF) (OTCPK:GLNCY) said Wednesday that much of its cobalt production likely will remain unsold by the end of 2025 due to Democratic Republic of Congo's suspension of cobalt exports.

A major new deal aimed at securing critical minerals for the United States is moving forward, but its success depends on a key policy decision in Washington. A U.S.-government-supported consortium led ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt’s journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and ...