Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes
Green Energy Push
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/congo-cobalt-albert-yuma-mulimbi.html
Americans failed to safeguard decades of diplomatic
and financial investments in Congo, where the world’s largest supply of cobalt
is controlled by Chinese companies backed by Beijing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/congo-cobalt-albert-yuma-mulimbi.html
China Cash Flowed Through Congo Bank to Former President’s Cronies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-28/africa-s-biggest-data-leak-reveals-china-money-role-in-kabila-s-congo-looting
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-28/africa-s-biggest-data-leak-reveals-china-money-role-in-kabila-s-congo-looting
DRC miners toil for 30p an hour to fuel electric cars
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/08/cobalt-drc-miners-toil-for-30p-an-hour-to-fuel-electric-cars
The Resource Curse: Theory and evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
https://www.refinitiv.com/perspectives/market-insights/the-resource-curse-theory-and-evidence-from-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-drc/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/08/cobalt-drc-miners-toil-for-30p-an-hour-to-fuel-electric-cars
https://www.refinitiv.com/perspectives/market-insights/the-resource-curse-theory-and-evidence-from-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-drc/