TAG: Minerals

Madagascar: the dirty environmental side of the beauty industry

Social media influencers are driving demand for quartz and gemstones. But these pretty materials are mined under questionable conditions.

Sierra Leone: the social circumstances of diamond mining

More than 10 years after the war, entrepreneurs are rehabilitating the mining sector; for more traceability and fair prices paid to the miners.

Congo: the toxic environmental costs of going green

Unreported World investigates the dirty business of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.