Today, I'm talking about the slave, including children, labor being used in some Cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 80% of the world's cobalt comes from the DRC and is used in lithium ion batteries for Drills, wee eaters, laptops, cars, etc.. Most of the mines in the DRC are owned by Chinese companies. Many mines in the DRC employ child labor with children as young as 6 years old working in unsafe and inhumane conditions. Adult workers are often paid so little that they can barely survive. Elon Musk has recently has started moving Tesla away from using cobalt for this reason but a most electric vehicles have batteries made with cobalt. Child and near slave labor is wrong and should be stopped and the workers in these mines should be paid a wage that equals the value of the material they are extracting. #cobaltmines #slaves #childlabor #china #tesla #elonmusk

IMAGE CREDITS: China dominates global cobalt production • Table.Media

Cobalt mining for Big Tech is driving child labor, deaths in the Congo | The Independent

Column: Tesla's reluctant commitment to cobalt a warning to others | Reuters

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Chinese Mines in DRC, Zimbabwe Accused of Violating Human Rights - Africa Defense Forum (adf-magazine.com)

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in the DRC : Goats and Soda : NPR

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