"Exploitative Mining Practices in DRC Fuel Human Rights Violations, Reveals Report"

The expansion of industrial-scale mines extracting cobalt and copper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for rechargeable batteries has resulted in forced evictions and human rights abuses, including sexual assault, according to a report by Amnesty International and the DRC-based organization IBGDH. The report highlights how multinational mining operations have displaced communities and caused harm. The DRC has the world's largest cobalt reserves and the seventh largest copper reserves, with demand for cobalt expected to triple by 2025.