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Cobalt Mine Stock Photos

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Children collect cobalt and copper stones at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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People collect copper and cobalt stones on the ground at an artisanal mine site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Children collect minerals at an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Child stands with a sack at an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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As the sun sets over an artisanal cobalt and copper mine, children continue collecting stones across the dusty ground on May 24, 2025 in Kolwezi,...

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Year-old child collects cobalt and copper stones by hand at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Woman sifts cobalt and copper using a homemade tool in a muddy pit at an artisanal mine site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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View of an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Trucks haul away ore from a pit in Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, owned by Chinese company CMOC, in...

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Child displays stones at an artisanal cobalt and copper mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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An aerial view reveals the environmental toll of artisanal cobalt and copper mining on May 24, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

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An aerial view reveals the environmental toll of artisanal cobalt and copper mining, on May 24, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

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View of an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Two teenage girls work inside a narrow pit at an artisanal cobalt and copper mine on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Child collects cobalt and copper stones by hand at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Man poses while working alongside his family at an artisanal cobalt and copper mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Copper and cobalt stones lie scattered on the ground at an artisanal mine site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Young person sifts through stones at a cobalt and copper mining pit on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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An artisanal miner descends into a pit to bring a bag with bottles of water for miners working underground at the Kamilombe artisanal mine, near the...

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Women wash ore in the artisanal copper-cobalt mine of Kamilombe, near the city of Kolwezi, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 20,...

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The black polymetallic sea nodules, the nickel, manganese and cobalt rich mineral deposits, these balls form naturally deep under the sea. Indian...

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The sun sets on one of the open pit copper mines at Mutanda Mining Sarl on July 6, 2016 in Kolwezi, DRC. The mine is owned by Glencore, an...

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Woman poses at an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Miners carry bags of ore in the copper-cobalt Shabara artisanal mine near the town of Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 20, 2023.

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Heavy equipment operator directs a driver transporting ore in a large truck at the Tenke Fungurume industrial mine, one of the world's largest...

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Workers process copper plates in a factory at the Tenke Fungurume industrial mine, one of the world's largest copper-cobalt mines, in Lualaba...

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The sun sets on one of the open pit copper mines at Mutanda Mining Sarl on July 6, 2016 in Kolwezi, DRC. The mine is owned by Glencore, an...

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Satellite view of Minami-Tori-Shima Island, Japan. In 2016, rare manganese nodules containing valuable metals like cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare...

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Workers, including women and children, work in a cobalt mine through small-scale and non-corporate mining activities referred to as "artisanal"...

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General view of processing facilities in Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in southeastern Democratic...

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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in...

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View of an artisanal cobalt and copper mining site on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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An employee of Chinese company CMOC demontrates cobalt hydroxide produced at Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the...

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San Diego, CaliforniaJune , 2021Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, hopes that his company will be able to mine the seafloor for...

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Woman works beside her husband inside a cobalt and copper mining pit on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Workers operate digging equipment in giant open pits during the excavation of ore at Katanga Mining Ltd.'s KOV copper and cobalt mine in Kolwezi,...

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The sun sets on one of the open pit copper mines at Mutanda Mining Sarl on July 6, 2016 in Kolwezi, DRC. The mine is owned by Glencore, an...

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Child collects cobalt and copper stones by hand at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Woman sifts cobalt and copper using a homemade tool in a muddy pit at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Miners work in the copper-cobalt Shabara artisanal mine near the town of Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 20, 2023.

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General view of a pit in Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, owned by Chinese company CMOC, in...

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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in...

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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in...

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Workers direct lorry traffic in Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in southeastern Democratic Republic of...

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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in...

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Artisanal miners dig for cobalt and copper at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in...

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Worker assists in the operation of a giant Terex Corp. Mining excavator during the extraction of ore from the open pit at Katanga Mining Ltd.'s KOV...

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Children collect cobalt and copper stones at an artisanal mine site on May 25, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Workers, including women and children, work in a cobalt mine through small-scale and non-corporate mining activities referred to as "artisanal"...

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