Cobalt mining for phones: How you could be holding a product of child labour
The Chinese mining company Hauyou has refused to apologise after Sky News found that it was sourcing cobalt mined by children as young as four. We’ve also discovered that Apple has told Huayou to suspend all sourcing from mines until they can be checked to be free of child labour. Here’s our Technology correspondent Tom Cheshire.
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