Jadar

BELGRADE - A memorandum of understanding signed on Monday by the Serbian government and the company Rio Tinto should enable the implementation of the Jadar project, a lithium exploration effort near Loznica, western Serbia.

The world-class lithium-borate deposit, estimated at 200 million tonnes, will be able to generate over 10 percent of the global lithium output.

The Serbian government and the Rio Tinto company on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding on developing "world-class lithium-borate deposits."

The Serbian government announced this, noting that Prime Minister Ana Brnabic attended the signing, and that the MoU concerned the Jadar projects in western Serbia.

The Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik is reporting that Serbia remains the only site anywhere in the world of "the new mineral" jadarite.

The mineral was discovered in 2006 in the country's western Jadar River Valley, and according to preliminary estimates, the deposits there can cover at least ten percent of the global demand for such highly sought-after elements as lithium and borate.

The Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik is reporting that Serbia remains the only site anywhere in the world of "the new mineral" jadarite.

The mineral was discovered in 2006 in the country's western Jadar River Valley, and according to preliminary estimates, the deposits there can cover at least ten percent of the global demand for such highly sought-after elements as lithium and borate.

A sixty-year-old housewife G.M. armed with a plastic gun managed, on two occasions, to rob a pharmacy in the center of Valjevo. She also robbed a pharmacy in Jadar on Kolubara. She took from facilities about 52,000 RSD (~420 EUR), reports Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti".

Officials have raised hopes that Serbia could earn hundreds millions of euros a year if a new mine opens to exploit jadarite deposits in the west of the country, but experts told BIRN that careful planning is needed to maximise the financial benefits.

Japan grants EUR 3mn for rehabilitation of water facilities

BELGRADE -- The Japanese government has approved a EUR 3 million grant to Serbia to help the rehabilitation of areas affected by massive flooding that hit Serbia in May.

BELGRADE- The Japanese government has approved a EUR 3 million grant to the Serbian government to help the rehabilitation of areas affected by massive flooding that hit Serbia in May and an agreement was reached between the two governments that the funds be used for projects for rehabilitation and reconstruction of water facilities damaged by the floods, the Serbian government's media relations

LOZNICA - The Loznica City Council in western Serbia called at its extraordinary session on Monday for implementation of an urgent solution of the problem concerning the leak of heavy metals from the goaf of former antimony mine in Stolice.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic has met with officials of the Rio Tinto company, who briefed him on the progress in jadarite deposit explorations, Rio Tinto's most significant project in Serbia.