China’s new deep sea mining rover reaches 6,000 feet below to dig out cobalt
http://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-new-deep-sea-mining-rover

There's not much interest in the human factor. Silly of me to forget that black kids suffering in their own country are not the ones Australians like to gush over

ttbn,

No one here is indifferent to child exploitation. The disagreement is about causation and solutions. Mineral extraction governance is a longstanding issue across multiple sectors. The question is how to improve traceability and standards globally, not whether outrage is warranted.

ttbn,
Australian indigenous kids get sent to boarding schools, receive spending money, get flown home every school holiday unlike the African kids who are forced to work in poisoned mud getting sick in body & mind.
Both scenario are immoral due to the fact that it is exploitation that is the driver behind it all.

Paul1405,
You're slipping, where's your faux outrage ?

Indyvidual,

I read an excellent article by Gary Johns on the subject. Unfortunately it is paywalled. But in short it criticised Noel Pearson and his government funding to produce absolutely nothing for aboriginal kids.

There's a big difference between Australia and Congo, of course: aboriginal kids don't have to go down mines, they get everything for nothing, as do all of them being sheltered in remote communities which contribute nothing to the country, and cost us billions.