The cobalt challenge - The dark side of the energy transition

The cobalt challenge - The dark side of the energy transition | DW Documentary

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10 ай бұрын

To ensure that driving continues to be possible despite the climate crisis, the automotive industry is relying on electric cars. But many of their batteries use an extremely problematic raw material: Cobalt.
Heat, drought, floods. The climate crisis has arrived in Europe. To ensure that driving remains possible while the CO2 footprint is reduced, the automotive industry has turned to a solution: the rapid and comprehensive switch to electric cars. The EU Commission has decided on the same solution. Now, not just Tesla, but Volkswagen, Volvo, Peugeot and Renault are all investing tens of billions of euros in electromobility. And electromobility requires batteries.
But many of these batteries contain an extremely problematic raw material: Cobalt. Mined in the form of ore, 65 to 70 percent of global cobalt production is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This film shows the dark side of cobalt mining. Child labor is just one of many problems. The entire sector is riddled with corruption. Soil is contaminated and people's health and lives are put at risk. China's market dominance is driving Europe into a dangerous dependency. Faced with the gigantic problems posed by the coveted raw material, the EU is looking for other ways to get its hands on cobalt. The film asks an uncomfortable question: should mines in Europe be reopened?
THE COBALT RUSH - The future of going green
A film by Quentin Noirfalisse and Arnaud Zajtman
Written by Louise Rozès Moscovenko, Quentin Noirfalisse and Arnaud Zajtman
Based on an original idea of Louise Rozès Moscovenko
#documentary #dwdocumentary #cobalt
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@mayito9100 10 ай бұрын

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”-Malcolm S. Forbes.

@alexcarter8807 10 ай бұрын

ok boomer.

@TodaTruth 10 ай бұрын

@@alexcarter8807Gen Z 🧟‍♀️ 📲

@Jerahmeelli415 9 ай бұрын

Amen

@lucamckenn5932 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Mario you rock.

@vyhozshu 8 ай бұрын

that guy ran opium empire pushing it in china w/ the roosevelts

@dakotaarya9017 10 ай бұрын

From a E.U. citizen: I once again thank you all for this precious work, and I'm really sorry for the things I don't know and for the things my country might contribute to, that hurt other human beings. I'll try to be more conscious and more wise about my life on this earth. I value you all. peace

@hakasonma8588 10 ай бұрын

So you’re gunna stop supporting climate change and not buy anything EV? Must be nice to live in delusion like a hypocrite and then wonder why no one wants any part of yalls agenda, so y’all have to turn to forcing such ideologies on the masses

@turboed1337 10 ай бұрын

The most underrated human. I salute you good sir/ma'am. You are the reason I breathe peacefully everyday in this world. If people like you understood things I am sure this world would be far less miserable than right now

@tmada8270 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, as an African it's comforting to know that you feel empathy for what our leaders in collusion with ours are doing to our detriment

@julianparker2758 9 ай бұрын

Sounds like your blaming the victim

@patrickrafferty4921 8 ай бұрын

So tell your government that we need to build nuclear plants at scale across the west, then we can work on recycling technology for batteries, and then we can electrify everything if it makes sense. Remember also too little CO2 and the planet will stop greening. And remember in the Cretaceous period, temperatures were 5 to 7 degrees warmer than now and the dinosaurs seemed dumb, fat and happy. Just how our money grubbing grifters , aka “politicians” would like us to be.

@rodneycaupp5962 5 ай бұрын

Those People singing at the opening , was very heart felt, striking concerns for sure.

@TheBrandNewICumEverywhere 3 ай бұрын

bouga bouga song

@___Denaz Ай бұрын

O sebono hle

@darnellrobeson4761 8 ай бұрын

I feel awful for the citizens. Im shook watching this. I cannot understand why their government cant just create a real mining company and hire the adult locals. And force the Chinese to pay the mining company actual prices. How are they sitting on money but remain so poor. Mind boggling. I hate seeing people mistreated. It doesnt have to be like this. Great documentary DW.

@devverma144 8 ай бұрын

The history of Congo is extremely sad. Look up the "Congo Free State atrocities". For the longest time it was the personal property of a Belgian king. Yes, not a colony but a personal property of King Leopold II. He made the lives of natives a living hell to extract as much Rubber as possible for his personal gain. The state was later transferred to Belgium which didn't change much. Then they gave independence to the country in a very deplorable state with no infrastructure or measures taken to make sure the country could run on its own. The country has been highly unstable since. The native leaders continued on the same path of exploitation. Multiple coups and civil wars later, the country is still not run properly. They don't really have money to set up their own mining company. The country is running on foreign aid.

@sylvieamani780 8 ай бұрын

This is an example of why I support the Niger Coup which has now made it able for the new leaders to increase the price for their Uranium. This price is what other competitors pay on the international market. Finally some fairness for their people. I look forward to the day the Congolese people will be able to benefit the same way.

@anonymousprivet1227 8 ай бұрын

@@devverma144 They are constantly battling big industry high tech countries although they have never had the opportunity to regroup from the previous devastating external government occupations.

@chasejones8302 8 ай бұрын

@@devverma144 Didn't Europe go through WWII? Didn't Asia get obliterated in the 60's and 70's? King Leopold died in 1909.

@miral6694 7 ай бұрын

@@sylvieamani780 And who will that money go to? In a military dictatorship, the answer is always those at a top, even more so than in other forms of government. This is exactly Congo is dealing with, and Niger may soon have to as well. It's not about whether the coup leaders mean well, but the pure cold math of geopolitics - military dictatorships must be corrupt, or they just get overthrown by the next coup, who can promise to pay their supporters better with the money the first dictator wasn't stealing from the people. CGP Grey's Rules for Rulers is a very good (if basic) primer on the subject. The rulers will build golden palaces from the coagulated blood of the people.

@kassidyfelix4108 10 ай бұрын

It' is sad how people complimenting this documentary but never mentioned the struggle these people are facing.. don't get me wrong this is excellent work 👍 the truth is we all gonna pay for what we are doing to these people.. my heart is broken watching this show 😢

@MSDGroup-ez6zk 10 ай бұрын

The problem is why the USA allies still colonize some Africans or other parts of the world?

@KyleRuggles 10 ай бұрын

I agree. :( The real truth is often hard for people to face, ever see that episode of South Park when Kyle's dad goes to San Francisco with his Hybrid EV and they're all smelling their farts? Kind of the same thing.

@crush3095 10 ай бұрын

it takes like an hour, but eventually they turn to Finland, and they show the same environmental destruction and lawsuits in favor of the companies I was very pleased about this turn, showing that no life matters in their pursuit of wealth

@SpaceBugFood 10 ай бұрын

@@MSDGroup-ez6zkas a Russian my country has plenty to be ashamed of in Africa

@MSDGroup-ez6zk 10 ай бұрын

@@SpaceBugFood anyone can say one is a Russian. You should be proud to be Russian if you are. Why? Look at the USA. they like to talk about human rights but claim their indigenous people's lands are their lands and put restrictions so it will be costly to maximise those lands. The UN stated Article 3 for indigenous people to get their sovereign rights. However, the USA still practice the Treaty of Paris which allows the USA to acquire their indigenous people's land with force. The world, USA has used the Ponzi scheme so the world funds their live style.

@qaisarjanjua 10 ай бұрын

This Documentary is a powerful eye-opener, exposing the heartbreaking reality of cobalt miners in Congo facing exploitation by Chinese companies. It's time we question when human greed will wane. Just like the oil industry in the last century, cobalt mining today shows how we must learn to care for one another. Let's stand united, demanding ethical practices and respect for human rights in the mining industry. Together, we can create a fairer world, where profit doesn't come at the cost of lives and dignity. This documentary serves as a wake-up call, urging us to prioritize humanity over greed and work towards a more compassionate and sustainable future.

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

@Jkl62200 9 ай бұрын

Are you and DW going for give Glencore of Switzerland and ERG of Luxembourg a free pass? You do know that many of the locals miners are on a freelance basis? How about the Belgians who ruled them for eons? It's offensive to always blame the Chinese. Yes.. They could invest more on LEGITIMATE employees but at least they pay. There was a time when westerners came in and just took.

@rossengeorgiew9589 8 ай бұрын

@@Jkl62200bingo + you never know who is the actual owner of the mines, who is the investor and who is only the miner...

@chubiforever1 7 ай бұрын

@@Jkl62200 These people are such hypocrites. I grow tired of the double standards and hypocrisy. Hope these western "experts" get their comeuppance

@arkadiuszjandylewski152 6 ай бұрын

Every job is exploitation. People will be damaged when they work, even the west is not free of this. We must all work otherwise we DIE!

@yemio1005 7 ай бұрын

The businesses who want the cobalt should be forced to build schools and support local infrastructure in and around the areas the workers live and the mines. They should have audits for the amount they have given back to the community. I don’t understand why this can’t be done

@boremir3956 3 ай бұрын

Of course it can be done and much more. It's not profitable to the companies so it doesn't happen. In order to understand why something happens or doesn't you need to look at the underlying system and the incentives for those with money and power.

@yemio1005 3 ай бұрын

@@boremir3956 Of course I understand there’s no financial incentive for businesses, the point is they should be forced to do it regardless, as I previously stated.

@auntviolet7720 2 ай бұрын

@@boremir3956They once had child labour in the UK, apparently children worked long hours in unhealthy situations, losing fingers in machinery etc, child chimney sweeps. New laws put an end to that, so the same can be done elsewhere. It’s absurd to suggest that profits can’t be made under humane conditions, it’s just that these large corporations are run by people who are insatiably greedy, and lacking in a moral compass, or compassion.

@ceezb5629 Ай бұрын

Sounds like the issue lays with the Chinese conglomerate extracting all the minerals. Congo government sold out its natural wealth. How is Congo population poor if they have so much natural wealth? Because the government officials were bribed. Congolese government should NATIONALIZE its cobalt mines. Kick any foreign companies out that are destroying water supplies and farming lands.

@Remy-hf6bt Ай бұрын

they cannot, to keep the population in the dark.. once educated or have access on internet they will know the real value of what's in their backyard!

@papichulobr 5 ай бұрын

It's actually terrifying to see this.... it's crazy how we're destroying our world and at this time and age people still living and working in those conditions....

@mickiemallorie 4 ай бұрын

Its even more terrifying that after slavery, and then colonialism, they just found another way to take and exploit from Africa...there's no end to it. The devil has a firm grip of this world.

@IppodoTea327 10 ай бұрын

In addition to the similar topic- dirty copper, DW team is the only few media in the world to report this kind of things. Keep up the good work!

@TheBrandNewICumEverywhere 3 ай бұрын

they make great propaganda, sad that they didn't exist back in 1939, they would have changed the whole point of view of the world!

@headhonchotheone9041 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBrandNewICumEverywhereyour delusional

@Elcapulove 10 ай бұрын

I only have to express: What a bloody abuse and injustice 😡 😢.

@TheBrandNewICumEverywhere 3 ай бұрын

you fell for their propaganda

@lim8581 6 ай бұрын

It's a real eye-opener to see the challenges behind the shift to electric vehicles. While it's a step towards addressing climate change, the reliance on cobalt raises serious ethical and environmental concerns. The situation in Congo and the issues with market dominance are alarming. It's crucial for the industry and regulators to find sustainable and ethical solutions. This film does a great job of highlighting the complexities of green technology and the importance of responsible sourcing. It's a call to action for more ethical practices in our journey towards a greener future.

@Deco_2k 5 ай бұрын

Honestly EV is not way to go forward you literary demage the environment and everybody pay blind eye ..

@RWBHere 5 ай бұрын

Cobalt is not used in the upcoming batteries (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and its use has been lowered drastically in Lithium-Ion batteries. It is becoming unnecessary. In any case, the huge majority of Cobalt is being used in disposable ways in oil refining. When Cobalt is being used in car traction batteries, after 8 or more years those batteries are being repurposed for less demanding energy storage systems for more years. Then they are being recycled to retrieve most of the raw materials from 'black mass'. That black mass contains those valuable commodities in far greater concentration than in the original ores.

@bluest1524 5 ай бұрын

Are you a politician or something? Have some courage. Call out the cowardice and greed of Chinese and western companies, and the slavery of African people. Show some backbone here.

@yuelingchu4361 5 ай бұрын

That is interesting. Do you know how lithium iron phosphate is sourced and produced? @@RWBHere

@nunyabiznes4471 5 ай бұрын

Pollution is the problem. Climate change is called weather. One good volcanic eruption and there goes sunlight and trees/greenery dies. What will the climate alarmists do then? Say we need to raise taxes so volcano’s don’t erupt?

@Bergerons_Review 9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of when Nestle comes in and uses up all the water. No one wins but Nestle.

@franzjoseph1837 10 ай бұрын

I think the global economic structure put in place by financial giants who have created a business model of the cheapest labor for the highest profits is the main cause, not just the mineral itself.

@dukeofthedance8062 10 ай бұрын

100% agree that's a big part of it.

@386xt80 10 ай бұрын

Exactly this. Windfalls of natural resources should be lifting DRC and other supplier nations out of poverty and this colonial artifact of indebtedness to the west. When it doesn't, it's only exploitation. Also, MF DOOM a legend!

@dukeofthedance8062 10 ай бұрын

@@386xt80 I kept thinking: "why dont usa businessmen go in and set these guys up really nice with good wages and safer jobs so WE can get the cobalt?" Guess usa thinks it's not worth it even when these poor people are getting product sold with heavy Chinese thumb on it. We can't offer them better than _that_ ?? Give them a union without intimidation and it would help boost Africa as developing country, but I would be so insulted if I weighed it 5 times each with different scales and then theirs said said 10lbs lighter. Wonder how many chinese people accidentally disappear when there. Some of these people live in toughest conditions ever. They don't have anything to lose so I'm kind of surprised they haven't rebelled against china yet or firmly said "dont come back, we dont need you." and mean it. There's so many other customers or buyers they could find, so if legitimate, then the world would accept their cobalt no prob and maybe buy more of it to help prove things can change when done right.

@TheManLab7 10 ай бұрын

The way it always has been then.

@Fister-kw5un 10 ай бұрын

Can you explain more, or do you only know the commie headlines?

@shuaipeng602 10 ай бұрын

Here is the thing, business will push for the maximum legal benefit of what it can do without blow back. It is up to the government to push back, to protect its citizens against outside sources. If this problem resists there is something seriously wrong with the government

@scottandrews947 10 ай бұрын

Good luck with that. These days, all governments are controlled by those big businesses and are massively corrupt.

@386xt80 10 ай бұрын

African countries were structured by their colonial master nations to transfer their wealth to them even after independence all in the name of servicing bad debt. While corruption exists in Africa, it is impossible to service these debts and grow a national economy.

@shuaipeng602 10 ай бұрын

@@386xt80 it may be true, but nothing is impossible, china came back from what it was to now. History is history, is the future people Have to focus on.

@dekev7503 10 ай бұрын

@@shuaipeng602 China’s case is entirely different. Most Chinese are of the same tribe, speak the same language and share the same cultures. China also has over 4000 years of history. Most African countries were formed by force( divide and conquer) by colonialists. These countries are made up of multiple sovereign tribal kingdoms that in many instances were at war with each other for centuries. After independence the former colonial powers still exploit these countries either through direct control or indirectly by turning a blind eye to the unscrupulous practices of these multinational companies, now the Chinese have gotten in on it. This exploitation takes place because it is almost impossible to have a stable and competent government in most African countries. If a president from tribe A gets elected into office, his 1st action in office would be to appoint his tribes men in key positions in government and to pass policies that victimise various marginalised tribes that have been in attrition with his tribe in one way or the other. When the next president, who is from tribe B gets elected, he repeats the same process, and the vicious cycle continues.

@pietrodeveloper 10 ай бұрын

That's a very dishonest take. It's easier to think that some evil and greedy people are the cause, but the reality is they are just satisfying the REAL demands of the public. It's buyers who, for good reasons, try to get the most out their money. People when buy a t-shirt or a solar panel will filter by price, that's the reality. And if you offer them the same product at a higher price saying they were more responsible with they employees and environment, at least 80% of them will choose a cheaper. 80% of solar panels sold are made in China, just 1% was made in Europe.

@ElishaThePirate 9 ай бұрын

Good job on clarifying this DW - I'm Congolese so this gives me abit more clarity on this resource for my people's sake.

@tashanabrown5089 6 ай бұрын

They’ve been blessed with minerals, but cursed with Leadership…

@jorgeuzcategui5713 7 ай бұрын

As someone who works as cobalt and nickel mining analyst, this is a great documentary. It shines a light on the great need for these critical minerals that go into EVs and renewable energy systems to reduce carbon emissions, but also the challenges that this brings - particularly to the local populations who do not benefit from the riches of their own nations/lands, and in many instances, suffer from it. More sustainable mining is needed.

@ct1762 7 ай бұрын

reduce carbon emissions by what... .02% IF we get to 80% of sales to EV's? This is not the way... not by a long shot.

@richardlangley90 7 ай бұрын

What is the way?@@ct1762

@the1truth420 7 ай бұрын

@@ct1762 that is a bot. Don't bother. Jewtube is full of em

@nunyabiznes4471 6 ай бұрын

Really? 500 thousand pounds of raw ore to make one battery? The temperature of earth has fluctuated a whopping two degrees in 200 years. We have 450 parts per million of co2 in the atmosphere, plants die off at 250 PPM. Greenhouses pump in 2000 PPM to stimulate plant growth. If someone dropped George Washington into an empty field right now, he’d have no idea based on the weather that he wasn’t in his era. This is a made up emergency to usher in globalism period.

@ANERI2005 6 ай бұрын

Wiesz jaki jest teraz poziom CO2? 0.4% w atmosferze. Możesz to sprawdzić. Poniżej 0.03 % zacznie zamierać życie na Ziemi. To też możesz sprawdzić. ECOFASZYŚCI prowadzą świat i ludzkość do zagłady ‼️😡

@PixelLulu 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary. A lot of fingers are pointed towards companies that use the cobalt. Very little fingers pointed towards the Congolese government who are no doubt pocketing a lot of money to turn a blind eye. The Congolese government are the ones responsible for providing regulation for cobalt mining, allowing mining firms into Congo, allowing the poor working conditions + exploitation of the local population etc

@DWDocumentary 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

@melk6347 6 күн бұрын

As a congelese thank you! For how long can we blame outsiders? We need to look at our own!

@danielwiiliams6905 6 ай бұрын

I weep for AFRICA!The richest continent but exploited by corrupt leaders.

@mantisgardens1375 9 ай бұрын

These companies should be required to display their involvement in this type of cobalt mining it's pretty clear something is wrong here

@julians472 10 ай бұрын

Great work DW! This film is shocking and horrific how the Congo people are being treated. And not to mention nature

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

@Wilson-xd4zq 10 ай бұрын

DW is late to the party. What's going on in Congo has been reported for over a year now. Lithium also has pollution risks. So the self-described environmentalists who sanctimoniously preach about how green they are really aren't that green. They are just polluting in a different way.

@1timbarrett 10 ай бұрын

We have got to start valuing nature as part of our shared heritage…!😢

@controversial_7 9 ай бұрын

Your people are putting those kids in mines and y'all don't cre

@Lotsize100 10 ай бұрын

will Africa ever rest? will we ever live prosperously, like other nations, what did we do to deserve all these problems?

@roche88 10 ай бұрын

@zithekhosa1541 As long as our leaders are corrupt and take the money from the west and put in their own bank accounts outside of Africa, we africanus will stay poor. Remember, our leaders are the problem not the west.

@st.peterunner8758 10 ай бұрын

The exploitation is appalling, and it’s been hundreds of years. None of the vast wealth from the resources ever benefit Africans. It should be illegal for other countries to exploit like this

@dukeofthedance8062 10 ай бұрын

No. It will never happen unless maybe thousand or more years go by.

@budgetking2591 10 ай бұрын

@@st.peterunner8758 Today its their own corrupt leaders exploiting their countries, he's filling his pockets with billions of dollars.

@lilianasaba9846 10 ай бұрын

@@dukeofthedance8062 and by then there will be no minerals left.

@thorfactor 7 ай бұрын

I can go on about greed and all the inequality in this world. But it just breaks my heart to see what these people and especially the children in these DRC mines have to go through .

@Piyesis71 10 ай бұрын

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Most informative documentary. Thank you.

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@controversial_7 9 ай бұрын

You don't care about the people that are suffering?

@Jake00001 10 ай бұрын

DW ups the game consistently - fabulous work sets high standards for others to follow. DW, keep the excellent work going!

@monopalle5768 10 ай бұрын

Rainbow parades and women, am I right everyone on earth?

@kingnghi 9 ай бұрын

Lpp

@spy_balloon 9 ай бұрын

@monopalle5768 👍

@rossengeorgiew9589 8 ай бұрын

@@HuyNguyen-yh6vc😂 yeah, they always talk for some issues where only China and Russia are bad, comfortably forgetting to mention where the Investitions have their origin from... 😅

@diegovirgen8484 8 ай бұрын

Not a DW documentary. They are only the broadcasters. The production team and filmmakers… you probably meant to say that. Still, thanks DW to show a bit of this unfair world.

@katebl2704 10 ай бұрын

This is the most brilliant documentary by DW yet. Thank you for this incredible work.

@piddy44-hl5ln 10 ай бұрын

Calm down mate 😬

@monopalle5768 10 ай бұрын

bot

@matik1662 9 ай бұрын

It's biased but not as bad as western media 😂

@HairyNumbNuts 9 ай бұрын

The problems are: 1. No source information for these images. A lot of them I recognise from quite an old BBC documentary that has been slammed by people who know how it was made. 2. Cobalt from "artisinal" mining probably provides a fraction of 1% of cobalt. Also, Green Energy isn't the only use. It's also used an important catalyst in oil refining. 3. Most batteries now are LiFeP - no cobalt. Cobalt anodes tend to be high end. Eg, with model 3 now onlt the aWD LR uses a cobalt battery. 4. Last but far from least, this isn't a cobalt problem. It's a DRC problem. It's a badly undeveloped country with terrible conflict issues. If these kids weren't mining for cobalt they'd be doing whatever else they could do to make money. If they had uranium they'd be digging that up, if they had easy to access oil they be digging that up, or diamonds, or gold. Stop tying it to EVs. That's a favourite line of the oil companies, and part of the disinformation they love to put out to try to discredit EVs, which they know will kill their business model. It's an issue with development and conflict and exploitation, of which the oil companies have been at the top of the banner.

@diegovirgen8484 8 ай бұрын

Not a DW documentary. They are only the broadcasters. The production team and filmmakers… you probably meant to say that. Still, thanks DW to show a bit of this unfair world.

@AwokenEntertainment 7 ай бұрын

wow, this is eye-opening.. many people do not realize the impact of batteries in our phones and daily technology

@jasonrhl 9 ай бұрын

Did they mention we already use tonnes of the stuff cleaning fuel? Cobalt plays a vital role in catalysing the removal of sulphur from oil, contributing to a more sustainable society. Desulphurisation is the process by which sulphur is removed from oil. A significant use of cobalt globally is as part of catalysts in this desulphurisation process.

@joellarsson9486 21 күн бұрын

Didn't know that

@markmiller8903 8 күн бұрын

EVS are driving the slaves in the Congo to dig for Cobalt. Stop EVS and you will stop cobalt demand.

@weirdshibainu 10 ай бұрын

Whenever I bring this subject up when talking about the transition to E.V.'s, first I'm told I'm wrong, then I'm told that it can't be as bad as I describe, then I'm told that non-cobalt batteries are just around the corner and it's not an issue.

@MSDGroup-ez6zk 10 ай бұрын

any new technology can only damage more to the earth. For example computers. What the world will do with computer garbage or CO2 from cars or plastics?

@user-ri8zj4mx2x 10 ай бұрын

your not wrong,the people that say your wrong are wilfully blind.

@agolftweetler3995 10 ай бұрын

depends what your argument is. biomass extraction is far less and cleaner here than fossil fuels (even with cobalt which is just byproduct of copper). Meanwhile Tesla recycles their batteries & using cobalt free in half of its new cars produced. One of the greenest lithium factories in world is being built in SoCal as I type.

@johnnyblue4799 10 ай бұрын

@@agolftweetler3995 Are you trying to say the mining for lithium is any better?

@weirdshibainu 10 ай бұрын

@@agolftweetler3995 You're the perfect example of willful blindness to the issue detailed in this video.

@lowwastehighmelanin 10 ай бұрын

This is heartbreaking. I'm Black myself, I think about this a lot. If right to repair becomss the standard maybe we can make less items and just fix what we have. I'm trying to consume less electronics. I don't like that people who look like me are still basically enslaved. It hurts.

@kokoyaro 10 ай бұрын

Black people will always be slaves as long as we accept/adapt/envy eurocentrism. The only way to break the chains is to go back to our ancestoral wisdom/originality and see the true evil in the European/modern way of life

@jaylu7021 10 ай бұрын

That won't do squat. What they need to do is have their corrupt ass governement get some actual leaders voted who care about their people and country, than they need to drive these vampire corp out of their country, and invest in other crap, they also need to vote in some decent civil rights and human rights laws, and if it's an ethic hate thing, which seems to happen a lot over there. Remind and promote they are one people of a nation not of races or tribes.

@grahamt5924 10 ай бұрын

You think their lives would be better if we all stopped using Cobalt?

@tonylee5222 10 ай бұрын

@@grahamt5924 a lot of them are not capable if thinking in-depth, no need to waste our energy.

@JetStrip-no5xh 10 ай бұрын

@lowwaste So true. These exploitive corporations are modeled after colonialism, locals are always robbed and brutalised.

@funland777 10 ай бұрын

I eagerly wait for Documentaries from DW, I loved their unbiased reporting, and to the depth analysis.

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback! We're glad you like our content. :)

@rsc9520 9 ай бұрын

Me too !!!

@RodgersOmbongi 9 ай бұрын

Me three😂

@theantileft3835 9 ай бұрын

Unbiased???? Ummm what are you watching??? DW is an extension of the propaganda machine of the leftist agenda. Just rebranded mainstream media

@tjlovesrachel 9 ай бұрын

It’s not unbiased when it comes to guns

@Itsnotcomplicatedreally 9 ай бұрын

They should be a an uproar just based on this documentary alone but the world just doesn't care, we have also been numbed to feeling someone else's pain over time

@ph_trend 10 ай бұрын

When you're actually resources rich, and yet you're being fooled by your government and foreign people, one of the many sad stories happening all over the world.

@sunshinegold9093 10 ай бұрын

The layers of Brokenness Greed, and disfunction is beyond me. The fact that now documentaries shed light on the Cobalt industry. Why do we continue to not do anything? We just allow Europe,China, and America to take and take from mineral rich countries in Africa but the people there live in poverty ?

@triggabun 10 ай бұрын

Our leaders sell us out. People fet voted into any government position and leave as millionaires while these companies make trillions. Selling their own people for a nickle on the thousands.

@masterlightjames950 10 ай бұрын

Well, it won't last forever. We'll just have to wait it out. If we take matters into our hands, there would be war. And at the end, the Anglo-Saxons will simply cease to exist. But why go through all that stress when their population is already plummeting? They're already going extinct, so we just need to be patient.

@grahamt5924 10 ай бұрын

People complain about the same things in Europe. Foreign owned fish farms in Scotland polute the local environment, and the locals can do nothing.

@syproful 10 ай бұрын

Globalization is the worse thing to happen after colonialism.

@grahamt5924 10 ай бұрын

@syproful Nonsense. There are over 8 billion people in the world, and rates of abject poverty are decreasing. Stop looking at just one thing and then basing everything on just this. Things are generally getting better for most. We have a few problems and this problem is certainly being shouted about, which means we are already on our way to fixing it. As for colonisation. For the most part, ut has not been that bad. You would not have really wanted the alternative.

@paula003 9 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary! Im not an expert in history, but it seems to me that this is an old story, it’s the same business model used in the past centuries: a small bunch of men benefit, the rest of the people are exploited and either in poverty or financially crippled.

@Deco_2k 5 ай бұрын

See I need tell ppl nothing has change ..

@zodjenkins2595 9 ай бұрын

It's hard to look at these global problems, but we as the global community need to see it for ourselves. Thanks DW

@es9382 10 ай бұрын

Amazing job DW..every cent spent, well spent.

@marthaelenacorral3042 10 ай бұрын

I would hate to look at chest x-rays from these poor workers; their life-span shortened. So tragic & sad.

@Agitated_Scientist 8 ай бұрын

Yeah. Those guys in the tiny mine shaft sharing an unfiltered cigarette are super concerned about their lungs too.

@joellarsson9486 21 күн бұрын

@Agitated_Scientist weed or bangi in swahili is my guess

@anthonymanderson7671 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for bringing up this issue into light.

@CosmosNut 5 ай бұрын

Yet another amazing documentary DW!! Wow you folks totally rock it !! Thank You !

@DWDocumentary 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your constructive feedback! :-)

@pointblank0020 10 ай бұрын

There's nothing wrong with the cobalt use itself -- but the fact that the chinese are so heavily invested in the Congo, the biggest supplier of cobalt, means that due dilligence can't be done. Neither Europe nor the United States can provide the amount of supply that the market wants. As a result, moving away from cobalt and researching new batteries is the only answer.

@randomguy7175 10 ай бұрын

The Europeans treated Africans like slaves till recently. The Africans need to worry about those thugs coming back.. not Chinese , who are building infrastructure across Africa.

@vlhc4642 10 ай бұрын

You don't need to research new batteries, cobalt free LFP batteries is already in a third of all EVs and going up, problem is China is the only one who knows how to make high performance LFPs, which means a cobalt free world is also a Chinese batteries only world. This is when you suddenly don't care about problems associated with cobalt anymore

@zimboy9921 10 ай бұрын

The alternative will also most likely come from Africa Rinse repeat

@grahamt5924 10 ай бұрын

@@zimboy9921 mining is all over the world, not just Africa.

@kyliemcartney4316 10 ай бұрын

There is a problem with the cobalt mining, the conditions and the pollution.

@mayito9100 10 ай бұрын

The greatest challenge of this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you are right, but not knowing enough about the subject to know you are wrong…

@TheBrandNewICumEverywhere 3 ай бұрын

we know where DW stands lol

@Schoritzobandit 8 ай бұрын

The songs from the Finnish and the Congolese choir were both amazing and really good ways to round this documentary out. I would have liked to understand why the Finnish fishermen lost their lawsuit, but otherwise I learned a ton about the whole world of cobalt and its impacts in politics, the economy, and the lives its production has impacted.

@Viper881 7 ай бұрын

You enjoyed their songs as you typed your comment on your Apple IPhone. You're the problem

@ItsOttis 6 ай бұрын

@@Viper881and what did you type on? Your typewriter?

@Realtoroffloridafl 8 ай бұрын

Great reporting, thank you for keeping us informed!

@DWDocumentary 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback!

@alexcarter8807 10 ай бұрын

Another excellent DW documentary. This is why I'm happy with my bicycle, not an e-bike just a bike, and a flip phone and an oldie-old laptop I keep plugged in lol - I'd be pretty happy running it from a gel cell (no cobolt, lithium etc in those) and keeping my life as low tech as possible.

@wiezyczkowata 9 ай бұрын

if you keep your laptop plugged in then you are using more energy then you should if you had a good battery, it means you are using more fossil fuels to create electricity then cobalt...

@begonaRR 9 ай бұрын

@@wiezyczkowata, what's the environmental impact of a new computer?

@wiezyczkowata 9 ай бұрын

@@begonaRR what's the environmental impact of having your old laptop constantly plugged in? you don't need to buy new laptop, just new battery so it won't be plugged in, then make sure you don't degrade it too fast,

@begonaRR 9 ай бұрын

@@wiezyczkowata , plugged in just when you need it.

@begonaRR 9 ай бұрын

@@wiezyczkowata what's the carbon print of making a new battery, from extraction of components to delivery to the consumer?

@fakuridesne 10 ай бұрын

i been watching DW documentary for many years. Love this. Keep up good work

@fredwooten14 5 ай бұрын

Lawyers better sue now before other cobalt sources are found.

@fatcat-vo1th 7 ай бұрын

These companies are maximising profit for their shareholders. That’s all they know how to do. This is not about the greed of a few individuals but rather a systemic issue. As the companies and government have proven themselves uncaring, it falls to the people doing the work to take matters into their own hands. As was done on a large scale in 1800s Europe to secure better work conditions and better pay, the Congolese workers need to unionise and strike until these multinational companies handover at least some crumbs of profit that they are accumulating off the hard work of these miners. The workers need to realise their collective power in this situation.

@waitawhileexplorer3904 10 ай бұрын

We really need to ensure that the electricity being sourced is not supplied by coal first. If not why are we going down this path?

@begonaRR 9 ай бұрын

We waste so much energy. We need to save energy first and learn how to love with less. Having and wasting more doesn't make us happier anyway.

@mayito9100 10 ай бұрын

“I don’t know what the hell is going on in this world…Some days I just want to stop this planet and let me off”. -Kid Rock

@Dia_dhuit 7 ай бұрын

its such a shame the avrage person wont even question where the lituinm and cobalt come from and what it takes to mine

@rodneycaupp5962 5 ай бұрын

I majored in Geology/Environmental science/ Biology/ Cardio-Pulmonary Care. As a child in Kettering Ohio me and the neighbor kids played in the Creeks... We covered 10 thousand miles within the area of our neighborhood... Wet and Muddy, cold in the winter we watched the wild life in the water and in the streams surrounding habitat's. Fast forward 50 years since I got out of the Navy... nearly all life is gone . even plant life shuns the waters edges leading to increased stream loads of erosion... The Creek is DEAD in 2023 Nice work Kettering Ohio, Nice work EPA sector 3 . The director there, JOHN says ,dilution is the solution to pollution... "dump you oils, paints, and other toxins in the streams to dilute them. Jon has seldom done anything meaningful to protect the waters in particular. DEAD WATER is proof. We are headed in this direction under communist controllers in DC. Corporate-USA. Money owns the white slaves in America.

@icstrim87 10 ай бұрын

Incredible how you make such good documentaries every week!

@ericscottstevens 10 ай бұрын

One could expect that China will lodge a protest.. Or at least influence other rival producers from delving further into this human rights debacle.

@diegovirgen8484 8 ай бұрын

Not a DW documentary. They are only the broadcasters. The production team and filmmakers… you probably meant to say that. Still, thanks DW to show a bit of this unfair world.

@arbaz79 10 ай бұрын

As always an excellent & informative documentary❤.Keep it up 👍.

@maxim4920 9 ай бұрын

Isn't the biggest problem the fact that there are no mining companies in DRC that would build a proper infrastructure so people wont have to dig like in 19 century?

@noxiousmashairi 9 ай бұрын

Tuned in from Nairobi Kenya

@dareojuoye9464 10 ай бұрын

I feel like crying because corrupt leaders don't see what damage is done to the ecosystem and the future of their country or continent.

@joelsanikomoonga1763 10 ай бұрын

DW is rising daily. Thank you for sharing real issues with us. Longlive DW!

@monopalle5768 10 ай бұрын

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@otioti264 15 күн бұрын

Im glad these people work so diligently for our energy transition, keep up the good work friends. Compliments from San Francisco 🎉

@alexmarima9095 12 күн бұрын

Really?

@__Andrew_ 8 ай бұрын

DW THANK YOU!! Blissfully free of incessant background music!! An enlightened change of policy? A new hire? what prompted the turn around?? Are you likely to "REMASTER" your past docs to reduce background music??

@arakachukwunweike7259 10 ай бұрын

The second run on Congo, just that this time around it is done with the connivance of Congolese leaders. This deficit of leadership across Africa is the reason the continent anguishes in poverty and suffering. The hope is that the future generation will turn around this sad legacy.

@masterlightjames950 10 ай бұрын

The deficit of common sense is your own problem. African leaders have fought hard over the decades. But they were consistently being killed.

@beataplaya 10 ай бұрын

When green is never green.

@Polaxky 10 ай бұрын

It’s about time citizens mount a big pressure on the leaders. There’s no way countries with all these rich natural resources should be poor. No way!

@huzaifasafdar8035 8 ай бұрын

Seeing highly unsafe and precarious working condition and activities in Congo was extremely painful. We need to work systematically for mitigating those!

@luiskross6454 10 ай бұрын

They forget you have to use fossil fuels to run the power plants that supply the electric car with its power, and they will have to make more power plants for the demand of more electricity

@JasperKlijndijk 10 ай бұрын

More large and small scale gravity water storage could help with the green energie storage. Pump it up when you the wind blows, let it run a generator when there is high demand

@johnorenick9026 10 ай бұрын

Solar energy has gotten so cheap the power companies aren't making a profit on it; might actually curb their investment in solar. Sounds like a good argument for public power, to me. We need to be installing mass-produced, small, safe, clean, waste-burning fast neutron molten salt fission reactors for baseload power, with molten salt or pumped water instead of chemical batteries to store off-peak excess generation. We need to be shutting down fossil fuel power plants as fast as we can replace them with clean energy. It's here now. If this summer doesn't convince all y'all that it's dang time to get busy, nothing will.

@christianmoore7109 8 ай бұрын

If it’s natural gas (it increasingly is) then it’s cheaper

@pcnz 8 ай бұрын

No you don't have to. Look up home solar, look up your countries percentage of renewable energy...

@NavigatEric 10 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary and very informative, thank you DW. The eV generation is simply trading old problems with petroleum for new problems with heavy metals. Not mentioned, Lake Saimaa has endangered fresh water seals living in it. Lets hope they are considered during Finlands development.

@st-ex8506 10 ай бұрын

Please tell me which "heavy metals" you are talking about?

@MSDGroup-ez6zk 10 ай бұрын

Technology only damages the world from cars with CO2 into plastics.

@MSDGroup-ez6zk 10 ай бұрын

@@st-ex8506 for example blades for a wind turbine that cannot be swallowed by the earth.

@st-ex8506 10 ай бұрын

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk No, but turbine blade materials can be re-used, or now even recycled with new generation blades... it is even mandatory in my country Switzerland. No dumping or burying of any kind is allowed. But my question was about heavy metals...

@agolftweetler3995 10 ай бұрын

@@st-ex8506batteries can be recycled too. Tesla does this and half it's battery line is now cobalt free.

@user-kg4fr9jr7v 10 ай бұрын

Thank you DW, great job, this is really the things people should know about

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

@diegovirgen8484 8 ай бұрын

Not a DW documentary. They are only the broadcasters. The production team and filmmakers… you probably meant to say that. Still, thanks DW to show a bit of this unfair world.

@evenightmare4329 9 ай бұрын

I love watching your documentaries!

@DWDocumentary 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, we are happy to hear you enjoy our content :)

@GEMINDIGO 10 ай бұрын

The images of those poor people prospecting for cobalt deep underground in dangerous and unhealthy tunnels really disturbs me.

@galaxiancitizen851 10 ай бұрын

Look at history. Prospecting like this and in much worse conditions has been going on for centuries across all world cultures!

@maryddomingos3980 10 ай бұрын

Let’s watch and make this DOC viral so people can wake up

@stanleytolle416 9 ай бұрын

LiFeP plus manganese is making a much cheaper battery with almost the same capacity as batteries needing nickel and cobalt. So I don't think this is going to be a future issue.

@807800 15 күн бұрын

Get EV with LFP batteries, that doesn't contain cobalt. But, if demand for cobalt gone, that wold also create a problem.

@uritharchakositt3106 10 ай бұрын

I share this docu to a line group on electric vehicle. Many thanks.

@mohamedjama6882 10 ай бұрын

Only Cobalt could turn DRC into Dubai but unfortunately 😕

@adonisnetworks 9 ай бұрын

Dubai ! Really ..I don't see many Emiratis digging in the mud.

@evanmcarthur3067 10 ай бұрын

I’ve gotten in fights with people about this at work cause I talk to kids about these things and people get upset. No one wants to hear about this but I often bring it up in “polite society”! Along with the face that while I use a fair number of electronic I haven’t driven in 10 years or own a car. EV cars are not the answer. If we want to keep any semblance of a normal comfortable life, ordinary citizens need to stop driving in cars, push for more public transportation and walking cities. Only vehicles on the streets need to be emergency vehicles, transport vehicles and buses!!

@crowmob-yo6ry 4 ай бұрын

Agreed! I live 100% car-free and refuse to drive. I don't care how much hatred I receive from car-addicted American suburbanites.

@crowmob-yo6ry 4 ай бұрын

Agreed! I live 100% car-free and refuse to drive. I don't care how much hatred I receive from car-addicted American suburbanites.

@jamesbuckley8917 3 ай бұрын

Cobalt can be 100% replaced by a different cathode material: Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4), also known as LFP. NCM and NCA cathodes can be 100% replaced with LFP. It is already in use by Chinese electric car manufacturers and by Tesla. There is a slight penalty in energy density with LFP batteries, but it is insignificant. It is up to governments to ban Cobalt use in batteries, just like they did with Mercury years ago in household batteries.

@bhaison3114 10 ай бұрын

If they complain against own mining industry they might be killed so are complaining against some Foreign companies which have no control over.. If one company does not buy another comes to buy

@user-se9uk2py5k 10 ай бұрын

Good documentary, DW you should play more attention to the synchcro between sound and image… not the first time.

@gasfe1 10 ай бұрын

Exceptional documentary. Thank you for the public service.

@DWDocumentary 10 ай бұрын

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@owlhouse000 9 ай бұрын

Many EV batteries no longer use cobalt, and the largest use of cobalt comes from the portable consumer electronics industry. Cobalt-free lithium-iron EV batteries are used in Tesla's standard range cars. Cobalt-free sodium-ion batteries are being used in EVs in China.

@casperthelegend1458 5 ай бұрын

The same evs that china has literally hundreds of fields of thousands of cars with less than 100 miles on them that randomly catch fire? 🤔 well boy i sure am glad that they don't use cobalt i was worried that they might be harming the environment but you're very insightful and intelligent comment has put all my worries at rest 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@mickskov3949 10 ай бұрын

I have had family members travel to Africa. Never doing an exchange of trade, though, for one event, trained an electrician during and ongoing medical camp stations. I have a few friends in resources and a geologist who sometimes joins the Sunday coffee table, he takes some of his time to identify rocks I discover while landscaping. I will speak to them about this.

@Kodakcompactdisc 10 ай бұрын

I love DW documentary ❤

@user-jk4bs6ym7l 9 ай бұрын

Cobalt is also used in the refinement of crude oil, which is used to make petrol, diesel, kerosene and pretty much any other fossil fuel that you can think of. The process is called desulphurisation and cobalt is used to extract sulphur from crude oil. When you compare the EV market, to that of the fossil fuel market it is almost insignificant. Perhaps we need to find a way to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels to significantly reduce our use of cobalt!

@begonaRR 9 ай бұрын

Reduce the need to waste energy. We waste so much energy! From using the cars too much to keeping ampliacces plugged in and leaving unused lights on plus many more examples.

@JDAbelRN 7 ай бұрын

Yes, think about that when flying on a commercial airline. Flying commercial airlines is exploding in demand, use massive amounts of fossil fuels, and no significant production electric powered planes are in the future.

@jman43243 5 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work 👍

@vinsblack2 10 ай бұрын

I'm think that foreign corporation in Africa should be fulfill duty not only preserve the ecosystem but provide health care to local labors whose mining the rare earth material like the cobalt which contain toxicity

@SuperMegaSammy 9 ай бұрын

No matter what resources humanity used the poor and less fortunate always suffer.

@fallingstar7347 6 ай бұрын

These days Conflict Minerals are heavily regulated in Europe & US. All of Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum & Gold with Cobalt and Mica being traced back to the source by responsible sourcing policies. In this case, OEM's will not risk their reputation and will fight to not have conflict minerals in their supply chain.

@PixelShade 9 ай бұрын

Thank you DW... I have been raising this subject like these for several years. But people around me get continuously swayed by large corporations green washing. Causing a false sense of moral high-ground, as they are thinking they are "doing the right thing". I wished we had a financial system that was not built on constant growth, exploitation and consumption. What we really need to do is to find prosperity of owning and having "less". That's what I am doing right now and I am down to 0.6tons CO2/year according to WWFs climate calculator. With Swedish society adding another 3 tons on top of that. I guess that would be hard for a lot of people, but for me personally that journey has only been positive to my well-being and my life.

@mutalasuragemohammed6954 7 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you DW.

@DWDocumentary 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@pelliorosh 8 ай бұрын

Africa is not poor. It is incredibly resource-rich, it's the people who are poor because of exploitation.

@sparky7915 4 ай бұрын

Technology and science are advancing very quickly. I hope that a new kind of battery can be developed that does not need cobalt.

@infraredsprouts2073 7 ай бұрын

Thank you DW for bringing the plight of these people forward, something sadly the BBC would never tackle. 'Cobalt red' by Siddharth Kara is a great read on the subject.

@DWDocumentary 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

@GenealogistBuchanan 10 ай бұрын

EVs do not require Cobalt in their batteries. Most Teslas now use LFP batteries (cobalt-free) in most of its EVs. Some other EV manufacturers (e,g, Ford and BYD) are also switching to LFP or LMFP batteries for their basic automotive lines. Batteries for high-performance .models are still using cobalt.

@alekkoomanoff7281 10 ай бұрын

But the high performance Teslas that Musk made his reputation on still use plenty of cobalt. I would venture a guess that trucks also need it. Elon is South African;he cares squat about Congolese.

@grahamt5924 10 ай бұрын

@@alekkoomanoff7281 You know Musk and his personal thoughts now. 🤔

@GenealogistBuchanan 10 ай бұрын

@alekkoomanoff7281 Elon said he is willing to install security cameras in the mines producing cobalt for Tesla to verify that they use no child labour. That might be a good start.

@ensiyeitu1012 10 ай бұрын

You just write nonsense

@angelokennedy3650 9 ай бұрын

First of all 50% of Teslas (or model 3 in particular) is NOT the most. Secondly, as of the last quarter, LFP EVs accounted for ONLY 30% of the total market share; and NCM at least 60%! Moreover, even if Tesla moved for more LFPs in their EVs, that wouldn't impact much of the market. REMEMBER: EVs, besides industrial green energy, are only a portion of the battery market. And again China or Chinese place RANGE top of their EV choice, and the same is true even in the US and cold regions. So spare us the need to downplay what's going on, as range won't be coming anything other than cobalt for the foreseeable future.

@nevarran 10 ай бұрын

A quarter of the emissions in Europe from cars? Highly doubt that. Globally it's about 10%. And it ain't environmental concerns that drive the EV shift, that's just the PR pitch. The drive comes from higher profit margin and easier manufacturing of EVs compared to ICE cars.

@BenjaminDeutsch-xd1yh 20 күн бұрын

This is quite a primer on the depth of this issue. thank you for going to these communities to create this for us to learn about the how this functions for the device market. we would say, in response to the companies'; whose answer to supply chain audits, is to cease doing business with artisinal mining cooperatives, would be to keep these important business relationships open, as opposed to closing them, because while these operations are still negotiating compensations, they are a valuable and viable competitive interest for everyone, if only they are fairly compensated for opening up valuable land that could be used for agriculture. and the business fouls the water. This is something that all of the companies involved have a responsibility to restore and, from the sound of the facts , it sounds like a law of diminishing returns is going to be applicable, if this business continues into the future, which it does not sound like we can tolerate, if we value Clean Pure Drinking Water.

@samuraijo2818 10 ай бұрын

“Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can.” - Margaret Beckett

@leonarddavies288 9 ай бұрын

Beckett 😂😂😂 a Blair war dog babe 😅

@mohamedzaki7308 6 ай бұрын

The government should be held responsible for this. They are the ones allowing it to happen because they just care about money from foreign countries. They are the ones that can actually do something about it.

@tomasanteunis39 8 ай бұрын

Wauw! What a documentary!! What a Sad country but What Beautifull People and a Strong living power!

@lukusamartel 8 ай бұрын

😢😢😢 I've worked as an internal security for Kamoto Cooper Company in Kolwezi from 2011 - 2012, left the company after 9 months as a result of bad working conditions. It's scary what i saw happening there.

@JohnnyP414 8 ай бұрын

Such brave men. The look of pure anger on the miners face @19:46 sums it all up. Such a shame that those who govern the DRC care only enough to enrich themselves in the short term rather than reaping the full benefits of their newfound global position