Bor, Serbia

Brnabic "stressed on that occasion that mining has the potential to contribute to our economic growth and GDP growth, up to 5 percent, and maybe even more," the government quoted her as saying.

This is especially true when it comes to large companies like the copper mining and smelting complex RTB Bor, and the agricultural complex PKB, Li told Tanjug.

Asked if China was interested in about 120 state-owned Serbian companies from the privatization portfolio of the Ministry of Economy, he said there was interest in half of those companies.

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

The company is interested in a strategic partnership with Serbia's copper mining and smelting complex RTB Bor and an investment worth several hundred million dollars.

BELGRADE - Polling stations in Belgrade, Bor, Arandjelovac and Sevojno opened at 7 am for Sunday's local elections.

The polling stations close at 8 pm, which will also mark the end of electoral silence.

BELGRADE - President of Serbia and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic said Monday his political opponents were unable to handle defeat because money - not ideals - was the reason they were in politics.

BELGRADE - Electoral silence ahead of the local elections in Belgrade, Sevojno, Bor and Arandjelovac began at midnight.

It will last for 68 hours, until the polling stations close at 8 pm Sunday.

BELGRADE - A tender to select a strategic partner for the Bor mining and smelting complex could be launched in mid-2018, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic said on Wednesday, adding that the government would retain a controlling package that would not necessarily have to be a majority one.

BELGRADE - The elections for the Belgrade city assembly will be held on March 4, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic announced on Monday.

Gojkovic also called local elections in the municipalities of Arandjelovac and Bor for the same date.