Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries, and half the world's supply comes from one district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study assesses the sustainability of artisanal mining ...
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Assessment of Cobalt Mining Activity in the Democratic …
Over half of the world's cobalt supply is produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where cobalt is mined in both large-scale and artisanal or small-scale operations.
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How the world depends on small cobalt miners
Small-scale informal miners dig up about 15% of Congo's cobalt. That is more than the entire output of Russia, the world's second-largest producer (see chart). Artisanal miners are critical to ...
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Samsung is said in talks for multi-year cobalt deal from Congo
Samsung C&T has approached Somika SPRL to buy cobalt produced at its Kisanfu mine in Congo after only buying copper from the company for the past four years. Samsung is said in talks for multi ...
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Small-scale mining and child labour in Kolwezi
Analyses of conflict between large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...
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Baseline Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Cobalt Mining …
RSN partnered with the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and a researcher based in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to undertake an academic analysis of the cobalt sector and identify recommendations to increase the effectiveness of addressing ongoing issues. This initial …
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'Here it is better not to be born': Cobalt mining for Big Tech …
It is just one of many devastating personal accounts in Cobalt Red, a detailed exposé into the hidden world of small-scale cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The "quaint" moniker of artisanal mining, Mr Kara points out, belies a brutal industry where hundreds of thousands of men, women and children dig with bare ...
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Visualizing Cobalt Production by Country in 2023
The DRC Produces 74% of Global Cobalt. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounts for 74% of the world's cobalt output. Although the metal is found on a large scale in other parts of the world, like Australia, Europe, and Asia, the African nation holds the biggest reserve by far.
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Artisanal mining: the struggle to clean up a murky industry
Small-scale miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are risking their lives to source a metal critical for the energy transition
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The future of artisanal mining in the DRC
However, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) cobalt industry is saddled with vast human, social, and environmental costs. With a GDP per capita of $556.81 in 2020 (according to the World Bank), the country is far from benefitting from this essential mineral. ... Many Congolese plies their trade as artisanal or small-scale …
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Safeguarding Congo's Economically Vital Cobalt Miners
The FCA's trip to DRC was a bid to better understand what is happening in artisanal and large-scale cobalt mines. Artisanal mining is where a small-scale miner works independently of a mining company. Such mining accounts for approximately 30% of DRC's cobalt production.
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Home: Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining …
To resolve cobalt's conflicted dynamics, Congo is embarking on what will be the world's largest mass experiment to try to formalise the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (ASM).
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World Economic Forum
More than 70% of the global production of cobalt takes place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), of which 15–30% comes from so-called artisanal and small-scale mines. This white paper assesses recent approaches to formalizing artisanal and small-scale mining of cobalt.
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and cobalt. As a major supplier of copper and cobalt, the DRC plays a critical role in helping the world transition to a low-carbon future. The DRC's geological cobalt endowment is unrivalled – the country has around half of the world's known cobalt reserves.
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Rethinking artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC
Nonetheless, about 10% of the world's cobalt originates from small-scale mines in the DRC. "Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) is a business reality," Baumann-Pauly tells SWI swissinfo.ch.
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"This job doesn't deserve me": Catch-up clubs help stop
Between 15–30% of the DRC's cobalt is produced in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sites which are less capital intensive and more labour intensive than large-scale mining but tend to be ...
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Fair Cobalt Alliance launches to improve Congo mining …
Cobalt has dropped from highs of more than $90,000 per tonne in 2018 to current levels of about $33,000 per tonne. Large, industrial-scale operators like Glencore account for the majority of cobalt mining in the DRC – but there is nevertheless a thriving group of small-scale artisanal miners producing between 10% and 25% of the …
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Artisanal miners could help Congo's state-owned company …
According to the market analyst, if the state-owned company is able to capture all of the 8,000 tonnes of cobalt expected to be produced by artisanal and small-scale miners in the African country ...
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Baseline Study on Cobalt Artisanal Mining in DRC
Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), in partnership with the Department of Anthropology of the University of British Columbia, released the Baseline Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Cobalt Mining in the Republic Democratic of the Congo (DRC). This study, funded through the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), is needed and …
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Artisanal and small-scale cobalt mining and the importance …
Artisanal and small-scale cobalt mining and the importance of formalization: An explainer with Pact's Mickaël Daudin. July 25, 2022 ... A significant portion of the world's supply comes from artisanal and small-scale mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo – some of which have been linked to environmental harm and human rights abuses ...
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Baseline Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Cobalt …
6| Baseline Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo Cobalt, in use in the technology industry as a critical battery material for automotive, renewable energies, and electronic devices, is also central to the aerospace and healthcare industries (Cobalt Institute n.d.), hence
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Making the case for artisanal and small-scale mining
To better understand ASM, Finn conducted three fieldwork trips with mining communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to trace the start of the cobalt …
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Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal Cobalt Extraction in …
More than 70% of the global production of cobalt takes place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), of which 15–30% comes from so-called artisanal and small-scale mines where independent ...
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s response to …
Baseline Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Google Scholar. Deloitte, 2020. Deloitte. 2020. "Worldwide roads on course for 31.1 million electric vehicle milestone by 2030." ... Reid, Helen. 2021. "Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners." Reuters, July 15, 2021 ...
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Cobalt
The COTECCO project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines, as well as in the ...
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Artisanal cobalt mining swallowing city in Democratic …
Artisanal and small-scale mining are estimated to employ an estimated 200,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and over a million more are indirectly involved through trade and ...
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Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal cobalt extraction …
artisanal and small-scale mines where independent miners use their own resources to extract the mineral.2 Sourcing cobalt from the DRC is linked to major human rights risks, which have been widely documented. The prevalence of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the cobalt supply chain creates challenges for establishing responsible
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Framing spaces as (il)legitimate: "dirty" cobalt and the …
As large-scale mining (LSM) companies and other commercial actors capitalise on a demand boom for Congolese cobalt, they have framed artisanal and …
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Pilot scheme seeks to produce first 'ethical cobalt' from Congo
A pilot scheme to trace the world's first "ethical cobalt" from small-scale mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo all the way to consumers of electric cars …
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Child labour in cobalt mining
Opportunities Sourcing Cobalt and Copper From the Democratic Republic of the Congo", OECD Responsible Business Conduct (2019). Human rights, child labour and the cobalt value chain There are two types of mines in the DRC – industrial large scale mines (LSMs), and artisanal and small-scale mines (ASMs). ASMs, which contribute up to 30% of the
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