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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.
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The accident took place in the Canadian Northwest Territories, Canadian authorities said.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed multiple fatalities in Tuesday's crash. The jet belonged to the regional carrier "Northwestern Air" and came down only about 500 meters from the end of the runway at the Fort Smith Regional Airport.
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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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Brnabic: That will not happen
Brnabic told Happy TV that it was "unbelievable" that the people from that initiative, who, as she stated, said they were in favor of legality and constitutionality, proposed something like that.
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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.
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"We have the requests of environmental organizations. These are the requests that were submitted to the Government on January 12, 2022," the Prime Minister said at a press conference immediately after the government session.
At the final session, the Government Decree on the spatial plan was revoked, Brnabi pointed out.
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Protesters are seen during a rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, 09 June 2020, after it detonated explosives in an area of the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, destroying two ancient deep-time rock shelters. Photo: PA-EFE/RICHARD WAINWRIGHT
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The end for Rio Tinto in Serbia?
After the session, Brnabic will address the media at 6:00 p.m.
"Rio Tinto didn't get a permit. At the moment, for me, that project is over."
As Tanjug has learned, yesterday's statement by the Prime Minister that Rio Tinto will no longer be in Serbia in a few weeks will be confirmed.
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