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Brnabic: Rio Tinto lithium mining project good for Serbia
VALJEVO - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said in Valjevo on Friday she believed Rio Tinto's Jadar lithium mining project was good for Serbia economically as well as when it comes to accelerating the country's green transition.
Djedovic Handanovic: Serbia's lithium reserves a "gift from God"
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic says Serbia's lithium reserves in the Jadar valley are a "gift from God" and that the Serbian government is working and making decisions about the Jadar lithium mining project in a responsible manner and based on documentation that has passed public scrutiny.
Bojana Novakovic: Stopping Rio Tinto in Serbia is ‘a Fight for Survival’
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‘It’s [Not] Over’: The Past, and Present, of Lithium Mining in Serbia
Protesters block the E-75 highway in Belgrade, Serbia, 27 November 2021. Anti-government demonstrators blocked roads and bridges in Serbia to protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors devastating the environment. EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC
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Serbian Activists Doubt Govt’s Sincerity in Cancelling Lithium Mine
After Serbia's government on Wednesday revoked a key decree greenlighting Rio Tinto's controversial lithium mining project, activists said they did not trust government promises that the mining project is over for good, fearing what might happen after elections in April.
Vučić about Rio Tinto: "We'll fight. If it is expensive, let some new investor come".
From 3 p.m., President Aleksandar Vucic talked to all interested citizens from the area of 12 villages in the Jadar region. There is the highest level of concern in this area due to research conducted by Rio Tinto.
In Serbia, the Fight for ‘Green’ Votes Turns Ugly
However, the Uprising's main weakness comes from a struggle within over who gets to lead the emerging ecological front, but also which political faction would collect the 'green' votes.
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Rio Tinto’s Planned Jadarite Mine Sparks Protest in Western Serbia
Hundreds of locals from western Serbia, but also activists and opposition politicians from other parts of the country, gathered on Thursday in Loznica, western Serbia, to protest against amendments to the local urban plan to meet the needs of a lithium mining investment by the Anglo-Australian multinational corporation Rio Tinto.
Serbia Green NGOs File Charges Against Lithium Mining Giant
Two Serbian NGOs, the Coalition against Environmental Corruption and the Podrinje Anti-Corruption Team, PAKT, on Tuesday said they had filed charges against Rio Sava Exploration and China Communications and Construction, CCCC, and their subcontractors, for environmental pollution.
World’s largest reserves of lithium are in Serbia: We could supply the whole planet
Serbia's estimated deposits are the largest in Europe and the insatiable appetite for batteries that power everything from iPhones to Tesla cars is prompting the likes of Rio Tinto Group to study the viability of mining it.
News portal Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten writes about the lithium wealth in Serbia, carried by portal serbia-energy.eu.