This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector ... among the countless children working in small-scale ...

And last year, the US Department of Labor added lithium-ion batteries to its "list of goods produced by child labour or forced labour", based on its evidence of children mining cobalt in DR Congo.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a criminal case against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the ...

Other companies listed in the lawsuit are computer manufacturer Dell and two mining companies, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt ... children worked. Device makers face child labour claims DR Congo: Cursed ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the world ... human rights violations and many more challenges. Mining for materials like cobalt is at the center of these.

In the lawsuit, which ended up being unsuccessful, the plaintiffs alleged that their children were either killed or severely injured while mining cobalt under ... Republic of Congo (DRC ...