"Artisanal miners in the DRC descend up to 50 meters into hand-dug ‘kalolos’ (tunnels) to extract cobalt and copper.
They face the threats of landslides, tunnel collapse, and toxic exposure at the very start of the supply chains modern society relies on."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-artisa...
Millions of informal workers endure unimaginable hardships to supply our critical minerals, yet they are blamed for the ‘dirty’ supply chains that exploit them.
