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Serbian protesters on Saturday marched to oppose Rio Tinto’s lithium mine plans due to rising concerns over the ecological and environmental repercussions Serbian protesters are angry. The country’s activists are rallying support to oppose Rio Tinto’s proposed lithium mine as tensions rise over the environmental repercussions of the project. On Saturday, hundreds of people attended […]

While certain metals, like lithium and cobalt, are essential for decarbonisation, Europe needs to shift the focus away from mining these materials towards reducing the amount needed and recycling what is used, writes Ann Dom. Ann Dom is the deputy director of Seas At Risk, the European association of NGOs working to protect Europe’s seas. […]

Opposition to international mining company Rio Tinto’s planned lithium mine in Serbia is growing, as local residents and NGOS raise concerns about the potential environmental impact of the project. The Jadar project is set to turn Rio Tinto into one of the world’s ten largest lithium producers. Demand for the metal is set to grow […]

The processing of jadarite ore will take place in a modern plant, with innovative and sustainable process technology, which is environmentally friendly and significantly more advanced than previously used, said today the director of Rio Sava Exploration Vesna Prodanović. At the fourth meeting of the daughter company of Rio Tinto, Rio Sava, with the representatives […]

An updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Vares silver project, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, has seen capital costs decline while the project’s net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) have increased. ASX-listed Adriatic Metals this week reported that an updated capital cost estimate for the Vares silver project had estimated that the […]

Anglo Asian Mining PLC said Monday that an initial mineral resource estimate for its Zafar polymetallic deposit in Azerbaijan is encouraging and will help support its future long-term production growth. The London-listed mining company said it estimates the deposit contains 51,000 metric tons of copper, 82,000 ounces of gold and 40,000 tons of zinc. The […]

It said last week the MPs visited its Taldybulak Levoberezhny gold mine, operated by Zijin’s local affiliate Altynken. The mine was the second largest in the country and produced 4.2 tonnes of gold in 2020 and paid more than US$40 million in local taxes, Zijin said. “The delegation thanked Zijin Mining and Altynken for their […]

Russia plans a further major increase of domestic gold mining in years to come that will be achieved through the development of new gold mines and accelerating the further development of the already existing gold mines, according to recent statements made by representatives of some leading Russian gold mining companies and local media reports. In […]

By placing environmental protection at the core of its operations, mining giant Nornickel is cleaning up what was hitherto one of the planet’s most polluted areas. Norilsk, the world’s northernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants, and for much of the 1970s and 1980s synonymous with severe industrial pollution, is no longer the dirtiest city […]

Residents of Inari municipality, northern Finland, were taken by surprise this week, when it was announced that Swedish mining company Arctic Minerals AB had left a reservation notification for large land areas in both Inari and Sodankylä municipalities. The reserved area spans over 3000 square kilometres, over reindeer herding areas and important lakes. This is […]