Lithium mining is dangerous and exhausting work. Miners descend several feet into dark pits then wield axes to hack through ...

Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for ...

Lithium production in Nigeria is booming, but much of it comes from illegal mines where child labor is rampant. We use ...

THE United States Department of Labour yesterday announced the award of a $4 million cooperative agreement to Pact, an ...

Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with a ...

Tomori also said social safety programs such as school feeding initiatives are being revamped to keep children in school and combat child labor. He also cited a program to add mining marshals ...

Credit: AP/Sunday Alamba Nigeria has laws requiring basic education and prohibiting child labor, but enforcement is a challenge with many illegal mines in hard-to-reach areas. Corruption among ...