' "#TheElementsOfPower: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth," a new book by journalist #NicolasNiarchos, paints a semi-apocalyptic vision of that #cobalt’s origins: corrupt bargains between politicians and foreign companies, displacement and environmental destruction, cave-ins that bury miners alive.'

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/
#tech #Congo #DRC #mining #cobaltMining #artisanalMining #ecocide #books @bookstodon

DR Congo produces first 1,000 tonnes of traceable artisanal cobalt http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPGF08 #Cobalt #DRCongo #Sustainability #ArtisanalMining #Traceability

Mali suspends artisanal gold mining activities during rainy season http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL8BdH #Mali #GoldMining #ArtisanalMining #MiningSafety #RainySeason

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech amid struggle of who is in charge http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKsHkv #Congo #Coltan #Minerals #Technology #ArtisanalMining

Mali to lift its suspension on the issuance of artisanal mining permits http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJQ9HR #Mali #MiningPermit #ArtisanalMining #MinesMinistry #MiningNews

Mali suspends artisanal gold mining permits for foreign companies after series of accidents http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJNQR2 #Mali #GoldMining #ArtisanalMining #MiningAccidents #BarrickGold

There is no good #mining, it's all bad.

The worst kind of mining is that done primarily to satisfy human vanity, like #diamonds (cheap manufactured diamonds are just as beautiful and #industrially useful), and #PreciousMetals.

I didn't realize how widespread and damaging "#ArtisanalMining" for #gold is, and after watching this, I've just decided I won't buy any more vanity items like #jewelry from mined materials.

It won't make a difference, but it's a thing I can do.

https://youtu.be/xB-a2I0JmBA

Detection And Monitoring Of Small-Scale Diamond And Gold Mining Dredges Using Synthetic Aperture Radar On The Kadéï (Sangha) River, Central African Republic
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15040913 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #SyntheticApertureRadar #radar #satellite #SAR #dredges #artisanalmining #smallscalemining #ASM #radardetection #goldmining #illegalmining #mining #Africa #centralafricanrepublic #CAR #KadeiRiver #Sangha #diamonds #gold #monitoring #survey #detection #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #SSM #technology #data #hydrology #rivers #detectionandmonitoring

https://www.harvard.com/book/cobalt_red/

#CobaltRed #book #Congo #artisanalmining #techdevices #modernslavery

Tunnel collapse burying #workers alive including children

Earning a £ a day

https://humantraffickingsearch.org/resource/modern-slavery-the-true-cost-of-cobalt-mining/

#modernslavery '#artisanalmining '

#techdevices

#NoSuchThingAsCleanCobalt 2017

@carmendrahl for those who can’t see the original toot, here’s the link Carmen posted:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

#lithiumbatteries #cobalt #mining #EVs #congo #drc #artisanalmining #cobaltmines #npr #FreshAir