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The sensational New York Times best-seller

An honest investigation shows the human rights violations at the heart of the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral ramifications for us all.

Cobalt Red is the harrowing, first-ever exposé of the enormous toll cobalt mining has had on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as told by the Congolese people themselves. Siddharth Kara, an activist and researcher, has journeyed deep into cobalt country to record the tales of those who live, labor, and die for cobalt.

Kara researched militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from poisonous pit to consumer-facing tech corporations, and obtained horrifying testimonials of people who endure enormous hardship to reveal the truth about terrible mining operations.

Cobalt is a critical component of every lithium-ion rechargeable battery manufactured today, including those that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric cars. Approximately 75% of the world’s cobalt supply is mined in the Congo, frequently by peasants and children in deplorable conditions.

Billions of people throughout the world are unable to go about their daily lives without being affected by the Congo’s human rights and environmental disaster. Kara argues in this stark and important book that we must all be concerned about what is occurring in the Congo because we are all involved.