Congo''s market share may jump to 73 per cent by 2025 as producers like Glencore expand mines, according to Wood Mackenzie. By 2030, global demand could be 47 times more than it was last year
READ MOREEnergy Monitor Staff December 1, 2021. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could become a major low-cost and low-emission producer of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery precursors, says research company BloombergNEF in a report, but the country must move beyond the simple export of raw materials.
READ MORELusaka, 29th April 2022 – Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a historical cooperation agreement to facilitate the development of value chain in electric battery and clean energy sector. The Cooperation Agreement is expected to provide
READ MORET he Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a favourable destination for the manufacturing of sustainable battery materials used in high-nickel batteries. DRC''s significant cobalt deposits and hydroelectric electricity can make it a low-cost and low-emissions manufacturer of cathode precursor materials for lithium-ion
READ MOREHunt for the ''Blood Diamond of Batteries'' Impedes Green Energy Push. Dangerous mining conditions plague Congo, home to the world''s largest supply of cobalt, a key ingredient in electric cars
READ MOREMobile Power Ltd (''MOPO''), the pay-per-use battery technology company, is pleased to announce that it has raised €3 million to accelerate the roll out its solar charged hub-based battery rental business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (''DRC'').
READ MORELusaka, 29th April 2022 – Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a historical cooperation agreement to facilitate the development of value chain in
READ MOREChild labor, sexual assault, birth defects, abject poverty, workers buried alive: A new exposé on artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the
READ MORELondon and Kinshasa, November 24, 2021 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low
READ MOREPhone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the
READ MOREMPDRC established its local business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2022 with the aim to further expand its operations renting hub-based solar batteries from its existing markets in Chad, Liberia,
READ MOREIn December 2022, at a sideline event during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, the United States signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia for the development of an integrated value chain for the production of electric vehicles (EV)
READ MOREEngineers have tried for years to craft cobalt-free batteries. But the mineral best known as a blue pigment has a unique ability to boost battery performance. The price of refined cobalt has
READ MORE3. Cobalt is the rechargeable battery component that is most geopolitically risky to obtain: By a wide margin, production and reserves of cobalt are centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 4. It is a byproduct of mining for copper there, which is also used in renewable energy technology.
READ MOREMore than 70% of the world''s cobalt is produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, per Mining . The conditions around any of those mines are reportedly atrocious — an NPR article referred to it as " modern-day slavery ."
READ MOREThe period from 1996 -2007 correlates to the First and Second Congo Wars and the resulting mismanaged state-controlled mines, when up to 90% of the cobalt production from the DRC was sourced from
READ MOREU.S. Citizens with emergencies, please call +243-972-616-193 Outside of Office Hours, contact: +243-972-616-193 Outside of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: +243-972-616-193News & Events News USAID Launches New
READ MOREartisanal cobalt mining | the Democratic Republic of the Congo | China | child labor | responsible sourcing Lithium-ion batteries have become, and will likely continue to be,
READ MOREPlease make this work possible with a quick donation. The humanitarian crisis in Congo has shocked the world, as 6.9 million people experience displacement due to violence from armed groups. What is not often talked about is that the suffering of Congolese communities is part of the sinister underbelly of emerging "green technology.".
READ MOREExposed: Child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries. Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products, said Amnesty International and Afrewatch in a report published today.
READ MOREPublished March 6, 2023. The United States, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the electric vehicle (EV) batteries industries in December 2022. This
READ MOREDemocratic Republic of Congo''s government said on Wednesday it would push to develop domestic battery manufacturing capacity to add value to its exports of minerals such as
READ MOREDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to grievous human rights abuses. The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to the forced eviction of entire communities and grievous human rights abuses
READ MOREText Size: A-. A+. There is a frenzy taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a manic race to extract as much cobalt as quickly as possible. This rare, silvery metal is an essential component to almost every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today. It is also used in a wide array of emerging low-carbon innovations
READ MOREDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to grievous human rights abuses The expansion of
READ MOREA worker assists in the operation of an excavator at Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining Ltd.''s KOV copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 1st, 2012.Tesla buys
READ MOREThe 103 million people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo live in one of the five poorest nations in the world, according to the UN. More than 60% of its people live on less than $2.15 a day. But they live in one of the world''s most resource-rich nations. The ground beneath their feet holds almost unimaginable value.
READ MOREThrough this MOU, the United States will support the commitment between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to develop jointly a supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.
READ MORE"The DRC has set a goal to become one of the world''s largest battery producers around 2030 or 2040," he says. At the conference, there is also talk of Congo
READ MOREApple, in response to questions from The Post, acknowledged that this cobalt has made its way into its batteries. The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant said that an estimated 20 percent of the
READ MOREThe linkage between abuse to artisanal cobalt miners—including children—in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and use of cobalt in advanced batteries has
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