Posted on 09/12/2020 8:51:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday about 3pm local time (13:00 GMT) following heavy rains in the town of Kamituga in South Kivu province.
The mine was not located on the Kamituga gold concession owned by the Canadian miner Banro Corporation, the company's chief executive said.
Thousands of informal miners operate in and around mines in DRC, which produces more than half of the world's cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries.
Mining accidents are common, with dozens of deaths every year in mines where often ill-equipped diggers burrow deep underground in search for ore.
Last year, a landslide at a disused gold mine killed 16 people in October, while 43 people died in another landslide at a copper and cobalt mine in June.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Just keep being smug about "driving a clean car".
at least they are trying to support themselves and make a living
“Artisinal miners”
Killed by suburban American Leftists.
The miners dubbed the ore kobold after a mountain-dwelling and rather devilish spirit from German folklore ... Essentially, the substance was “the goblin of the mines.”
Was Lindsey Graham there?
No?
Dang it.
over half the world’s supply of cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo: this is what it takes to make a Tesla:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cobalt+mining+congo&tbm=isch
Prayers for the victims.
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