Five thousand diggers pack tightly together at the bottom of a crater in southeastern DR Congo, swinging hammers and picks to prise chunks of speckled blue-gold ore from the earth. The huge pit in Shabara, about 45 kilometres (30 miles) from Kolwezi, is home to cobalt – a strategic metal found in abundance in the impoverished central African nation. But it’s also emblematic of a headache. The mining has been carrying on for years in flagrant violation of DRC laws and in defiance of the site’s owner, a subsidiary of mining and commodities giant Glencore.
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Guy dancing at 0:17 looks like he is having a great time.
Everything we will run out that's the only way stop it.
Man they just lie all these big tech co this don't happen they say what maggots. .
Tesla drivers, how do you feel about your ‘virtuous’ choice to drive an EV now?
Everyone of us here in the comments are supporting this on our phones.
This looks like a dante alighiery scene of hell.
Ok, who else noticed the worker dancing for the camera on the right side of the screen @00:14??? 🤣 I swear! Humans and how they act once they know they are in the spotlight is universal!
Interesting part is, I partially learned of this from Joe Rogan podcast. What’s interesting about that is the guest claimed to have been the first one to shoot footage here: WHY is there someone dancing if it’s so illegal and off limits to outsiders? And if this ONE worker noticed the camera from that far away, surely others closer to him did also. Must have paid a few people a fortune to be snuck in and out again, alive.
the working class need to stop now, and stand up against the rich, we outnumber them by a lot, if everyone in the world just stopped working for 1 month let us see what would happen.
I have a problem with the word 'Artisanal'. I mean, come on!! these guys are doing some extreamly laborious manual labour for god sake. What is so 'Artisanal' about it? buy using a good sounding word you don't reduce their pain or make their lives any better.
These people are heroes and the big companies do not acknowledge that.
This is what the Dems want for our future!! Much worse then fossil fuels. Many young kids will die in this type of mining.
Does Apple use colbalt mining?
C est scandaleux les escavatrice caterpilar ça existe 😢😮
Is this the mine Hunter Biden bought 10% of?
Why isnt this a massive story??? This is straight up insane !!!!!! These poor poor ppl!!!
A lot of these mines are owned by China and they love slavery in modern times, trick the governments with loans so they can come in and buy up their land in return so they can own things there like mines.
Save Our Planet Now
Everybody got to eat
Everyone: This is wrong!
Also them: Buys a Tesla
hypocrisy of climate change.. you cant make this SH*T UP !!!
Pretty much what are miners we're doing underground for coal didn't hear anyone sticking up for them?
The world is a disgusting place. This is exploitation. Some of y'all are sick for thinking that their better off living like this.
Don't see Greta anywhere
Good for them taking what’s already theirs
That’s great! Saving the planet and giving all those fathers and sons a new way of earning income. I think I’m going to buy a Tesla now. Look how happy tah guy is with his big rock!
Reminds me of the gold rush. Glad these people get to make money from tech.