Whether EVs go cobalt-free before gas/diesel or after, neither change will get the kids out of the cobalt mines.
Five US tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the death of child laborers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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FILE — Jose Bumba, left, pulls a 220-pound bag of cobalt from a 26-foot-deep hole in a makeshift mine near Kolwezi, Congo, on April 26, 2021. A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to ...
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