Child labour in DRC cobalt mines remains widespread, but blockchain technology could expose hidden practices, ensure fair pay ...

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Another major company that extracts cobalt in the DRC is Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt of Tongxiang, Zhejiang province in China. It has a subsidiary named Congo DongFang International ...

Companies mining and buying copper and cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo must do more to fight corruption and child labor in the country, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ...

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable." ...

DRC say they are victims of forced labour, while 56.9% report suffering from broader forms of severe exploitation, according to a University of Nottingham report. 1,431 miners were surveyed across ...