How ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

How ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economyAn artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi, DRC, on Oct. 12, 2022.

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a “horror show.”

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