The U.S. has introduced a new measure that would ban products containing minerals sourced with child labor in Congo, where China has enormous mining stakes.

FIRST ON FOX: Base minerals that are vital for electric vehicle batteries can be sourced to artisanal African mines, which may employ child labor, according to a new report.

The tech giants were found not liable for forced labor in Congo's cobalt mines. LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of ...

Although Congo’s government periodically claimed that it was cracking down on child labor, few adults tried to stop him from working. “Soldiers would hunt us,” he recalled.

A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor and other abusive conditions in ...

Child Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Testimony of Ida Sawyer at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

Tesla’s CEO said he would address the company’s challenges with child labor in its supply chain. But his high-tech solution doesn’t cut it.

Cobalt is a highly prized metal, especially for makers of smartphones and EVs. Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor remains a serious concern.

A new report from the Department of Labor raises tough questions about whether and to what extent forced labor and child labor are intertwined with climate-friendly technology.

You may think that child labor was abolished a century ago, at least in the United States. That was never quite true. The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed during the New Deal, outlawed ...

New U.S. legislation would ban imported products containing critical green transition minerals mined by child labor in Congo Ken Cedeno / Associated Press ...