Christina Lamb on cobalt mining in the Congo
Dec 20, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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Episode description
This episode starts in the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where workers as young as nine risk their lives to feed the world’s growing hunger for cobalt – the metal used in iPhones and electric cars. Our chief foreign correspondent tells the harrowing stories of those caught on the front line of this race for green technology.
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