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Rio Tinto has spent more than a million euros on land in Serbia at the proposed site of a lithium mine that was eventually cancelled a year ago

VM01/04/2023

01/04/2023

A BIRN investigation shows that Rio Tinto has spent more than a million euros on land in Serbia at the proposed site of a lithium...

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Serbia, The real plans of the Jadar project

VM01/04/2023

01/04/2023

Europe’s largest lithium mine The Jadar lithium project is Europe’s largest lithium mine, with a supposed $2.4 billion fund from Rio Tinto. The said lithium...

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European lithium mines, Reconciliation of mining projects and environmental requirements

VM01/04/2023

01/04/2023

Europe’s Green Transition, a plan to make the bloc’s economy climate neutral by 2050, required Serbia’s fertile Jadar Valley, where locals grow raspberries and keep...

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Politicians in Serbia are lobbying for Rio Tinto which is accused of corruption

VM12/03/202324/03/2023

12/03/202324/03/2023

“If we link that news to the fact that the politicians in power are lobbying so much for one Rio Tinto project after numerous independent...

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Serbia, Jadar is a project that will have to do with the modern economy

VM03/03/2023

03/03/2023

The United States Ambassador to Serbia, Christopher Hill, said that Rio Tinto is not just an ordinary mining project because it will have connections with the...

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Serbia: Starting in June 2022, Rio Tinto bought land worth at least 1.2 million euros in the vicinity of Loznica

VM23/02/2023

23/02/2023

Starting in June 2022, Rio Tinto bought land worth at least 1.2 million euros in the vicinity of Loznica, despite the fact that the Government...

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Battle for Lithium

VM16/02/202315/02/2023

16/02/202315/02/2023

In the hunt for lithium and other crucial minerals for the electric car supply chain, the United States must compete not just with Chinese competitiveness...

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Serbia stomps on Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project

VM16/02/202315/02/2023

16/02/202315/02/2023

In Serbia, Rio Tinto then faced a rude shock. The Serbian government, having praised the potential of the Jadar project for some years, abruptly abandoned...

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Serbia and lithium, black and not green

VM12/01/202311/01/2023

12/01/202311/01/2023

If, in addition to 11,400 tons of metal lithium, 100,000 electric cars were produced annually in Serbia, this would increase carbon dioxide emissions by at...

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The story of Serbian lithium is once again in the revival phase

VM24/12/202223/12/2022

24/12/202223/12/2022

That nothing is “cemented” in politics is shown by the revival of the story about lithium and its exploitation by the same actors, and some...