Posted on 11/17/2025 7:37:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil
A catastrophic landslide struck an artisanal mine in Kawama, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo on November 15, 2025, killing at least 80 people within seconds. This footage shows the moment the cliff collapsed and the tragic aftermath that followed.
Artisanal mining in the DRC is extremely dangerous — miners work without safety gear, under unstable rock walls, driven by poverty and demand for cobalt and copper used worldwide in electronics and EV batteries.
This video documents the human cost behind those minerals — the risk, the suffering, and the lives lost.
Best to stay away.
The kids around here shake their heads at dopey people my age going around in Teslas acting like they’re wearing clergy vestments
‘Cobalt mining in the Congo. When is that information going to come out.”
The EV failure is already happening.
They are just flogging an old horse to put off admitting it is a stupid idea. Totally un-economical.
Imagine the wrecking yards about 5 years from now. Full of this dead crap.
I’v been reading Cobalt Red by Siddharth Ka, who spent a lot of time in the Eastern Congo gathering information about artisanal mining. Very tragic situation.
Yes, more deaths from workers falling from wind turbine towers than all the deaths from nuclear power plant accidents.
>>Artisanal mining in the DRC
“Artisanal mining”... nice euphemism.
Imagine the wrecking yards about 5 years from now.
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Useless in the wrecking yard as well. A guy goes to the salvage yard to get parts (economically) to keep his vehicle roadworthy. No one will be salvaging these turds.
Agree.
A new battery will cost as much as the car.
They will give up on this. It makes no economic sense.
I guess it is like Artisan Bread. Very pretty, smells great, but very expensive.
Not many people buy them.
Rereading my response and all of the typing issues, I wouldn't be surprised if you were unable to read what I meant to type, but didn't in several places. 😁🤙
My eyes were tired, and my proofreading was sorely lacking in competence. 😁🤙
Sorry, if often type fast and don’t proof read well enough.
What I meant, their decision about the risk was not sane.
The post I made about background is the revealing part of the post.
Desperation. voids all reason.
All 33 trapped miners were rescued after 69 days underground.
Either way, thanks for clearing that up for me, because that at least helps me deal with what really happened, though 2 months trapped undeground was bad enough for me.
Thanks again. 😁🤙
One of the miners did escape at the time of the collapse, so maybe that was what your wife was referring to.
I remember the incident and was watching the rescue on TV when the 33 were finally brought to the surface. Never saw the movie.
What’s an artisanal mine?
The Chinese mine owners don’t care.
It’s a mine where the ore just comes up out of the ground on its own.
Could be I guess.
The next auto energy source is hydrogen. It’s // this close.
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