Understanding Cobalt's Human Cost
They found cobalt mining was associated with increases in violence, substance abuse, food and water insecurity, and physical and mental health …
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Understanding cobalt's human cost
After studying the impacts of mining cobalt — a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries — on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of researchers …
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Deep-Sea Mining for Rare Metals: The Controversy, Explained
Theoretically, this could stem some of the human rights abuses commonly associated with cobalt mining. Gerrard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, suggests that deep-sea mining will allow ...
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Effects of the energy transition on environmental impacts of cobalt …
In all scenario–variable combinations for PMF, cobalt and blasting (a mining activity) account for over 60% of impacts together. MDP impacts are split between concentrates and cobalt, accounting for >98% together in all cases. For HTP, tailings are responsible for >90% of impacts in all cases. ... For total impacts of cobalt production, …
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Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining
Currently, nickel and cobalt are extracted through land-based mining operations. Much of this mining occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which produces 60 percent of the world's cobalt. These land-based mines often impact surrounding environments through the destruction of habitats, erosion, and soil and water …
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Understanding cobalt's human cost
After studying the impacts of mining cobalt — a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries — on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo …
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Mining cobalt better | International Institute for …
Cobalt is a required metal within the battery technology driving the transition to 'greener' electric vehicles. It also provides an income to 150,000-200,000 artisanal miners and their dependents in impoverished areas of the DRC. However, cobalt mining – both industrial and artisanal – has significant environmental impacts ranging from ...
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The toll of the cobalt mining industry on health and the …
Cobalt mining's dangerous impact on workers and the environment 05:54. Some women complained about the physical nature of the work, with one describing hauling 110-pound sacks of cobalt ore. "We ...
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Monitoring African copper and cobalt mining emissions from space
Africa's Copperbelt straddles Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which produced 73% of the world's supply of cobalt in 2022, according to the Cobalt Institute. Cobalt production in the ...
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Understanding cobalt's human cost | ScienceDaily
After studying the impacts of mining cobalt -- a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries -- on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of ...
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The harsh realities of mining cobalt for EV batteries
KCC is the largest cobalt-producing mine in the world. Located in the heart of the DRC's Katangan Copperbelt, each year, the mine churns out over 20,000 tons of the silvery metal used in cell ...
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Cobalt is critical to the renewable energy transition. How can …
Another avenue being explored to reduce adverse impacts of cobalt extraction is improved recycling, which would reduce the need for mining in the first place. In February 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy invested in a pilot plant called the ReCell Center to explore cost-effective ways to reclaim the lithium and cobalt from lithium ion …
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The toll of the cobalt mining industry on health and …
March 6, 2018 / 5:29 PM EST / CBS News. A CBS News investigation of child labor in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo has revealed that tens of thousands …
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CONFLICT IMPLICATIONS OF RISING COBALT DEMAND …
Second, this research aims to explore the potential impacts of labeling cobalt as a conflict mineral and the impacts of supply chain due diligence programs on the cobalt mining sector. This research seeks to address both topics because they are inseparable. The definition of cobalt is driving the actions and legislation around it.
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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy …
A third of global cobalt is used for EV batteries, and more than two-thirds of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A 2021 study by Bamana et al. reported that 15-20% of Congolese cobalt is sourced from 110,000 to 150,000 artisanal, small-scale miners.The study documents how waste from the small mines and …
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The Dark Side of Congo's Cobalt Rush | The New Yorker
In 2016, China Molybdenum paid the U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan $2.65 billion for a controlling stake in Tenke Fungurume, a giant copper-and-cobalt mine about two hours east of Kolwezi; three ...
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Can the Democratic Republic of the Congo's mineral …
Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine. The country is home to 70 per cent of the world's reserves of cobalt, a key component in batteries. Photo: Reuters/Staff. How does cobalt mining impact the environment and society? CP: The DRC has around 3.5 million metric tonnes of cobalt reserves. Minerals such as cobalt and copper are …
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Idaho's Cobalt Rush Is Here
J ervois estimates that its mine in the Idaho Cobalt Belt will produce 1,915 metric tons of cobalt annually, enough for about 160,000 electric-vehicle batteries. That's a drop in the bucket ...
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Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
The impacts of this increased demand are expected to be massive in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds roughly half of the world's cobalt reserves (Appendix, Table 10). The rising price of metals, notably gold where the prices doubled in the last decade, will further fuel increases in ASM.
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Cobalt's human cost: Social consequences of green …
They found cobalt mining was associated with increases in violence, substance abuse, food and water insecurity, and physical and mental health challenges. …
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The Cobalt Industry and Sustainable Equality – Hadron
Human Impact of Cobalt Mining. Environmental protection is not the only loss when it comes to cobalt mining. An estimated hundred thousand Congoan creuseurs, including children, face dangerous working conditions when mining cobalt out from hundreds of feet underground. Sometimes, they will dig under their own homes or wait …
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Towards sustainable extraction of technology materials through
To understand the life cycle impact of producing cobalt chemicals, the Argonne laboratory published the life cycle inventory (LCI) for Cu–Co mining from sedimentary copper–cobalt resources ...
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New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining …
Commissioned by TMC, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence assessed the impact of mining on terrestrial carbon sinks in top nickel and cobalt producing regions NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...
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The dangers of cobalt mining in the Congo | News
February 16, 2023 – Cobalt mining is taking a huge toll on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.), according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Siddharth Kara.. A new book by Kara, a visiting scientist at Harvard Chan School and an author, researcher, screenwriter, and activist on modern slavery, exposes …
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Child labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a …
Digging for cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where 60% of the world's supply is found. ... we still don't have enough data about the sea floor to be sure what the impact would ...
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Mining cobalt better | International Institute for …
However, cobalt mining – both industrial and artisanal – has significant environmental impacts ranging from habitat destruction to water and air pollution. And the artisanal cobalt sector, which supplies 10 …
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New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining …
About The Metals CompanyThe Metals Company is an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, on a dual mission: (1) supply metals for the global energy transition ...
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Mining our green future | Nature Reviews Materials
Mining our green future. The green energy revolution is heavily reliant on raw materials, such as cobalt and lithium, which are currently mainly sourced by mining. We must carefully evaluate ...
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Assessing impacts of responsible sourcing initiatives for cobalt
As described in the review of the literature, several studies have recently been published describing the main risks and impacts of cobalt artisanal mining in the DRC. Similarly, there is a growing body of literature about the impacts, benefits, and shortcomings of minerals certification schemes and the conflict minerals policies that have been ...
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Impacts of Mining for Electric Car Batteries
Global demand for lithium, cobalt, nickel, and the other components of electric car and truck batteries is expected to skyrocket as more countries and automakers commit to making all new vehicles electric. ... As this demand grows, so does our responsibility to minimize the local environmental, equity, and human rights impacts from …
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