LCG_DRCongo_08

Kabamba village, Lualaba province, DRC. A whole family washes cobalt with a sieve (a tool consisting of a frame on which a mesh net is stretched, used to separate cobalt minerals from other finer sediments). A family of artisanal miners, consisting of a father, mother and two / three children, is able to collect about 100kg of cobalt per month with an average income of $150.