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The Human Cost & Conflict Minerals

255,000 Artisanal Miners, 40,000 Children, $1-2/Day

DRC artisanal cobalt (Kara, “Cobalt Red”): 255,000 miners including 40,000 children. Crude tools, toxic unsupported trenches, $1-2/day.

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