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Amnesty accuses electric vehicles makers of using unethically sourced minerals

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 21, 2019 | 4:01 am Base Metals Battery Metals Africa Europe Cobalt Copper Lithium Rare Earth 

[caption id="attachment_977602" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Up to 20% of the DRC’s cobalt is mined by hand, often by children with picks and shovel. (Image: Screenshot from Congo Cobalt MinesVideo | YouTube.)[/caption] Human rights advocate Amnesty International has accused the electric vehicle (EV) industry...

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