For Your Phone and EV, a Cobalt Supply Chain to a Hell on Earth

Yale e360
Mar 30, 2023, 11:49 am173 pts
Siddharth Kara spent four years researching the cobalt boom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its steep human and environmental costs. In an e360 interview, he talks about the horrific conditions in the mines that are putting hundreds of thousands of workers at risk. Read more on E360 →

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