What Does a Changing Cobalt Market Mean for the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba grew up near the mines in Katanga, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mineral-rich eastern province, in the early 2000s. He recalls that cobalt mining was not a popular job amongst locals, citing the “hard work” of extracting the scattered and deeply lodged minerals – challenging for artisanal (small-scale) miners using simple hand tools.
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Source: Dialogue Earth (link opens in a new window)
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