Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday received Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd representatives, who said the Chinese company was interested in taking part in a tender for a strategic partnership in Serbia's RTB Bor mining and smelting complex.

The Serbian government plans to launch the tender in the first half of this year.

BELGRADE - A tender to select a strategic partner for the RTB Bor mining and smelting complex will be launched by the end of May, the company's CEO Blagoje Spaskovski told Tanjug on Monday, noting that RTB Bor was offering 1.34 bln t of ore deposits and a qualified workforce.

BELGRADE - Tomislav Nikolic, who chairs a national council coordinating Serbia's cooperation with Russia and China, said at Monday's meeting with representatives of the Chinese Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd that, following the successful privatisation of the Smederevo steel mill, the group's potential strategic partnership with the RTB Bor mining and smelting complex would strengthen the Sino-Serbi