The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of ...
Sep 01, 2021 · Child Labor. Smallscale mining in the DRC involves people of all ages, including children, obligated to work under harsh conditions. Of the 255,000 Congolese mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children, some as young as six years. Much of the work is informal smallscale mining in which laborers earn less than 2 per day while using their own tools ...