"The Cobalt Pipeline": Extraction by Hand from Artisanal Mines to Lithium Ion Batteries (Kolwezi, Congo)

 

The Cobalt Pipeline:  Tracing the path from deadly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumers’ phones and laptops
(Todd C. FRANKEL, Michael Robinson CHAVEZ, Jorge RIBAS; Washington Post,
September 30, 2016)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/

Video:  The long descent into an artisanal mine | Mobile Power, Human Toll 

(Washington Post; September 27, 2016)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/c/embed/23b311ce-84e6-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f