The mining industry in its biggest form is a multi national industry. Large unit companies extract minerals from the ground and buy and sell them on the international market. A lot of those minds are now controlled by chinese companies, whether it's as investors or as direct control through chinese companies. I think that there is a certain amount of risk involved with doing business in d r c and a lot of west companies,. especially as oversight increased and as more journalism and investigative work began to be done around these issues of corruption and so on.
Cobalt is powering the electric vehicle revolution, but much of the world’s supply is mined under deadly conditions in Congo. Journalist Nicolas Niarchos explains Congo's resource curse.
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