I think that black stuff is coltan. It is a mineral that is cobalt tantalum oxide. Tantalum is also important. It is used in surgery tools. It is extremely hard. Tantalum is used in tantalum capacitors, the best kind of capacitors.
Changes that Congo made to mining laws in 2002 led did attract investment in Congolese copper and cobalt projects. However Glencore dominates the coltan market in DRC. Its Mutanda mine shipped 24,500 tons of cobalt from its Mutanda mine last year, 40% of Congo DRC’s output and nearly a quarter of global production. T Glencore’s Katanga Mining project is resuming as well and should produce 300,000 tons of copper and 20,000 tons of cobalt by 2019, according to Glencore. Glencore is an anglo-swiss corporation, majority owned by Qatar!
we are all guilty of feeding the demand for these minerals, next time you upgrade your cell phone think about this, do you really need the latest phone?
Yeah but the same thing is happening with palm oil. Do you eat products with palm oil in it....Do you eat animals? Animal agriculture is pretty horrible too. We should look to cut all of these things out....
Aaah the great progress of "ecology"... There is only ONE solution that nobody will accept : Degrowth. Back to horses and natural production. Less kWatts consumed / citizen.
yeh ok, holding the world accountable cause a small amount of corporate entities were sold land rights by your own people. Their own governments sell them out.
Governments that were put into position by the same European colonizers that gave them their faux independence....for opportunities of continued pillaging
Lack of accountability. lul . China is colonizing and has its first military base in Africa. Selling land rights to chinese companies, gov being corrupted and put into place. Boo hoo europeans, africa is so late to the modern world, without baseline morals it would have been completely taken over.
Working for one Or two Euros is not a "living wage" and should not even be considered a "slave wage". It's a prisoners wage because a person can't escape from the job from such a wage, especially if they have to borrow money to live.
jens jensen They ARE surviving, but we can't call that "living" by US standards. These people will never be able to afford anything that would be considered a home. Eat, yes, but what do these people have to eat to stay alive? Steak? Lobster? Are you as happy with your cushy life, as much as I am? Don't let it blind you to the suffering of many people in the world. Be quietly grateful and try to do things that make this world a better place for more people.
Apparently, there are so may ignorant people online, let me educate you- Any president that rises up to defend Congo and make America lose access will be killed -Ask Patrice lumumba, also ask Mobutu what happened when he got tired of being America's play thing. (of course our people are greedy and selfish- so they prey on greedy Africa leaders. They can live us alone with our greed and corruption, at least the loot it will be circulating within the country and not migrating abroad to build your roads, schools, and other institutions while you send us "AID" - breadcrumbs from our own dinner!. Of course the aid money is well advertised, but no one advertises the theft of resources, the arming of Rebels to create chaos, consistent meddling in elections to install puppet YES SIR leaders.
Hiding the identities of the Asians running the mines but not of these employees whose lives might be in danger because they spoke and gave information to you - Definitely unimpressive
Cobalt is not a mineral. The mineral here is mainly heterogenite, CoO(OH), which is the ore. Also, the green powder is not cobalt but cobalt(II) oxide, CoO.
Are you the reporter who did the Sky News documentary from the mine in 2017, or the reporter from the French news channel France 24 who did the documentary from the mine in 2018?
i commented that it was sad seeing people reduced to poverty and their land destroyed in this manner. And some fool commented that I should not use cellphones etc. I want to say so because I don't like seeing what has been done, it means that i have to have the solution? So why can't they just be paid fairly?
The Congo was supposed to be the Switzerland of Africa with all their mineral wealth and other natural resource yet it is the basket case of Africa and all this is due to poor leadership, greed and indifference. You cant blame the Chinese they are only acting in their interest if only the Congolese people and their leaders can do the same and act in the interest of the people of Congo.
What is the definition of black market that they are using here? Sounds like people are producing cobalt and it’s being purchased. Does black market just mean without a large corporation involved?
Why doesn't France say how they exploit Africa. The chicoms are as evil as the french or americans or british or germans or italians ... you get the picture?
There was no poverty in Africa before colonial rule. Just to put things into perspective. Everyone is responsible. But people in power are more to blame. They can put a hard stop if they wanted.
Hell with talk talk talk,this been going on for years so what the duck is our problem....look and respect yourself so you can learn to love and respect others...stop from being so naive and passive... remember who we are as a people,we were Created equal to anyone with human DNA...no difference groups of people is superior or better than us in no form or fashion,so stop from been afraid.... we're original spiritual being having a physical experience....patwa kushantie records.
Lots of hard hats and heavy equipment, very few pictures of the child labor to provide for the 1st world's goofy green ethic and feel-goods "I drive an E-bike". Ugh! France 24 another "Mockingbird"?
one would think that the western world would boycott Chinese merchandise until human rights would be respected everywhere where they do business!, well you should think again, meanwhile it is our individual duty to do the boycotting
I think that black stuff is coltan. It is a mineral that is cobalt tantalum oxide. Tantalum is also important. It is used in surgery tools. It is extremely hard. Tantalum is used in tantalum capacitors, the best kind of capacitors.
Changes that Congo made to mining laws in 2002 led did attract investment in Congolese copper and cobalt projects. However Glencore dominates the coltan market in DRC. Its Mutanda mine shipped 24,500 tons of cobalt from its Mutanda mine last year, 40% of Congo DRC’s output and nearly a quarter of global production. T Glencore’s Katanga Mining project is resuming as well and should produce 300,000 tons of copper and 20,000 tons of cobalt by 2019, according to Glencore.
Glencore is an anglo-swiss corporation, majority owned by Qatar!
we are all guilty of feeding the demand for these minerals, next time you upgrade your cell phone think about this, do you really need the latest phone?
Buy a Fairphone if you can, the only phone company which cares about people not profits
Don't they tell us that tesla and other el-cars are ecological? People believe it. Who is the bad guy?
yes
Yeah but the same thing is happening with palm oil. Do you eat products with palm oil in it....Do you eat animals? Animal agriculture is pretty horrible too. We should look to cut all of these things out....
Everybody greedy for profits.dont wanna talk about the real topic.... patwa kushantie records.
Dude at 4:00 was mining for cobalt on his own
Aaah the great progress of "ecology"... There is only ONE solution that nobody will accept : Degrowth. Back to horses and natural production. Less kWatts consumed / citizen.
..The WorLd Owes Africa a Big Debt.
Nah not at all.
At the Appointed Time, You and Your Like, will not only, *Pay..* You Will *RUE.*
yeh ok, holding the world accountable cause a small amount of corporate entities were sold land rights by your own people. Their own governments sell them out.
Governments that were put into position by the same European colonizers that gave them their faux independence....for opportunities of continued pillaging
Lack of accountability. lul . China is colonizing and has its first military base in Africa. Selling land rights to chinese companies, gov being corrupted and put into place. Boo hoo europeans, africa is so late to the modern world, without baseline morals it would have been completely taken over.
Not the mining is the problem.thr problem is that people dont benefit from it
Working for one Or two Euros is not a "living wage" and should not even be considered a "slave wage".
It's a prisoners wage because a person can't escape from the job from such a wage, especially if they have to borrow money to live.
gjsterp well why are they still living if it isn’t a living wage
jens jensen
They ARE surviving, but we can't call that "living" by US standards. These people will never be able to afford anything that would be considered a home. Eat, yes, but what do these people have to eat to stay alive? Steak? Lobster?
Are you as happy with your cushy life, as much as I am?
Don't let it blind you to the suffering of many people in the world.
Be quietly grateful and try to do things that make this world a better place for more people.
wagner1va
Your attempt to be funny FAILED!
RaFa Leto
Failed to understand your basic thought. Try again.
This is funny France is trying judge how others act in Africa. The irony is naked
I love how everyone blames anyone but the DRC. It’s their country and resources! They’re allowing this to happen. Make better laws and regulations
If the people are poor, it is difficult to do it.
Apparently, there are so may ignorant people online, let me educate you- Any president that rises up to defend Congo and make America lose access will be killed -Ask Patrice lumumba, also ask Mobutu what happened when he got tired of being America's play thing. (of course our people are greedy and selfish- so they prey on greedy Africa leaders. They can live us alone with our greed and corruption, at least the loot it will be circulating within the country and not migrating abroad to build your roads, schools, and other institutions while you send us "AID" - breadcrumbs from our own dinner!.
Of course the aid money is well advertised, but no one advertises the theft of resources, the arming of Rebels to create chaos, consistent meddling in elections to install puppet YES SIR leaders.
Law and Regulations? That's how they gonna meet their end.
Hiding the identities of the Asians running the mines but not of these employees whose lives might be in danger because they spoke and gave information to you - Definitely unimpressive
Cobalt is not a mineral. The mineral here is mainly heterogenite, CoO(OH), which is the ore. Also, the green powder is not cobalt but cobalt(II) oxide, CoO.
You droppin' science!
You a geologist?
the green powder should be copper concentrates.
heterogenite is the ore that makes Cobalt, it is a common misconception for people unfamiliar with minerals
Africa should be one of the richest countries in the world
Africa is a continent not a country.
It’s crazy that many of the officials are filthy rich but the overall continent is poor
Yes indeed.We are blessed.
That's my country. That's where I live 🇨🇩
Would love to visit
@@jeinwang7124 for cobalt, Mr. WANG?
Are you the reporter who did the Sky News documentary from the mine in 2017, or the reporter from the French news channel France 24 who did the documentary from the mine in 2018?
i commented that it was sad seeing people reduced to poverty and their land destroyed in this manner. And some fool commented that I should not use cellphones etc. I want to say so because I don't like seeing what has been done, it means that i have to have the solution? So why can't they just be paid fairly?
The Congo was supposed to be the Switzerland of Africa with all their mineral wealth and other natural resource yet it is the basket case of Africa and all this is due to poor leadership, greed and indifference. You cant blame the Chinese they are only acting in their interest if only the Congolese people and their leaders can do the same and act in the interest of the people of Congo.
3:55 dudes all up his hole buds
LMAO!!!!!
DJ ZoiD yeah the hidden camera only filmed a Chinese dude scratching his butt, all the way down.
and that's how we got corona
This is human slavery!!!☹
It’s Coltan not Cobalt. Cobalt is a blue rock used for oil paint.
Coltan is used to make mobile phones.
ok.
3:58 seems he’s hungry for some brownies
Pay after reaching in your destination is our innovation
As long the local war lords want
Africa, when will we be united.... wake up the lions sleeps no more... patwa and yasha.
What is the definition of black market that they are using here? Sounds like people are producing cobalt and it’s being purchased. Does black market just mean without a large corporation involved?
Simply means illegal marketing
Damn chi-coms
Why doesn't France say how they exploit Africa. The chicoms are as evil as the french or americans or british or germans or italians ... you get the picture?
i guess this what happens when politicians get way to much power
Low IQ countries have always been messed up.
Kiswashlil I hear..
I PROMISE, I PROMISE
you guys seen what china looks like
That is not right! These people should not be letting this happened.
Im tryna figure out why you are concealing the identity of criminals
wow....
It's just happening here but all over the world 🌎!!!!!
i prefer the isotope 60
Meanwhile, potters weep...
There was no poverty in Africa before colonial rule.
Just to put things into perspective. Everyone is responsible. But people in power are more to blame. They can put a hard stop if they wanted.
cant say the same for south Africa all the school, churches, buildings,sewige pipes and electrical wires were all implemented by the colonisers
no poverty? Lol
Eu quero saber aonde se vende essi produtos colobat
Sim conheçe desse teu número
Big co.pany that used tech are the one who exploit it, from gadget to electric car
No, it's both us, the consumers and the people hiding it
"I want to get my news from the French"
Said no one ever. Lol
Is disgusting
Why Congo is poor All this richest
Watching this on my new pc monitor. hmmm... BTW the government could stop this and make a fair market. But probably they are corrupt.
reddit moment
yeah this is all china not us
Hell with talk talk talk,this been going on for years so what the duck is our problem....look and respect yourself so you can learn to love and respect others...stop from being so naive and passive... remember who we are as a people,we were Created equal to anyone with human DNA...no difference groups of people is superior or better than us in no form or fashion,so stop from been afraid.... we're original spiritual being having a physical experience....patwa kushantie records.
They should just have to pay the people a subsidy or give them jobs, its not like they can't afford it.
Terrible.
So what the rest of the African leaders them doing about it
African love to Chinese😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
حجر يستخرج منه صباغ ازرق
The country of cobalt origin is atill under poverty and china is benefited.
Lots of hard hats and heavy equipment, very few pictures of the child labor to provide for the 1st world's goofy green ethic and feel-goods "I drive an E-bike". Ugh! France 24 another "Mockingbird"?
I came here after just typing up malachite.
one would think that the western world would boycott Chinese merchandise until human rights would be respected everywhere where they do business!, well you should think again,
meanwhile it is our individual duty to do the boycotting
Yes but we have a fit if we are stuck in traffic or have to wait in line. How about wearing a mask. We are so spoiled.
Anyone else buying cobalt. I have a silver stacking channel on UA-cam.
Bla bla bla
Hhhh eating your own bed 😂😂😂😂