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FRANCE 24 brings you a particular debate about the frenzy for cobalt, a strategic mineral important to creating electrical automobile batteries. Electrical automobiles will assist cut back the air pollution attributable to the inner combustion engine, the present commonplace for many motorised transport. However as our particular full-length Reporters programme reveals, the mining of the cobalt needed for the batteries is already a supply of human distress and harm to the setting, notably in DR Congo. We delve into the difficulty with our friends, together with the co-director of “The Battle for Cobalt”, our documentary concerning the darkish facet of the cobalt rush.
Learn extra>> Click on right here to observe ‘The Battle for Cobalt’