Mining
Rio Tinto pays $139 million to avoid court
Rio Tinto has agreed to pay $138,75 million to avoid legal action over claims it defrauded investors by hiding problems with an underground expansion of a copper and gold mine in Mongolia.
Lithium mining
Heating up the "Jadar" project: EU strategy and resistance in Serbia
The European Commission made a decision to include the "Jadar" project in projects of strategic importance. What reactions have been received so far? What does the government say, what does the profession say, and what do the activists say? And how many citizens of Serbia oppose this project
Project "Jadar"
Rio Tinto reviews Jadar project costs
The status of the strategic project requires compliance with EU standards for environmental protection and human rights, which will be reflected in the final capital cost
Project "Jadar"
Brnabić: Good news regarding the "Jadar" project
"The claims of certain media and parties that Serbia will be a European colony for mining turned out to be incorrect," says the President of the Serbian Parliament, Ana Brnabić.
Project "Jadar"
Silent: The "Jadar" project is being pushed by a "bunch of hypocrites" from the EU
The European Commission's decision to include the "Jadar" project among the EU's strategic projects is "proof that it is a bunch of hypocrites, actually greedy people, who have been supporting Aleksandar Vučić all these twelve years," the president of the Ecological Uprising, Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, told Vreme.
Project "Jadar"
The "Jadar" project is classified as a strategic project of the European Union
Out of a total of 49 projects outside the member states of the European Union registered for the status of a project of strategic importance, the EU opted for thirteen - among them the "Jadar" project of Rio Tinta
Economy
New economy: Rio Tinto set its sights on Serbian copper as well
The choice of Rio Tinto's new CEO will likely depend on how adept he is at finding scarce copper. And the company Rio Tinto Dunav Exploration has been cooperating for a long time with the Chinese in Bor, where a new amount of this metal was recently found
Mining of lithium
Professors from the West are asking the EU to block Serbian lithium
A hundred Serbian professors from Western universities demand that the EU get rid of the "Jadar" project and warn of unforeseeable consequences
Lithium
Rio Tinto: No further steps in Serbia without proof of safety
After the decision of the European Commission not to include "Jadar" among the strategic projects, the Rio Tinto company also announced itself
Project Jadar
CINS: Nature protection conditions issued to Rio Tinto without expert consent
The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) reveals that the experts of the Institute for Nature Protection were against the conditions that this institution issued to Rio Tinto. "...There are no conditions that will prevent the irreversible destruction of this area (at the locations of the exploitation field and the landfill) as well as the habitats of numerous species", it was written in one of the emails obtained by CINS.
Project Jadar
"Spiegel": "Right-wing environmentalists" and the lithium treasure in the Jadra valley
The Jadra Valley, once synonymous with rural idyll, is now at the center of conflict over one of the largest lithium deposits in the world. While the company Rio Tinto promises ecologically sustainable exploitation, a strange alliance of environmentalists and nationalists organizes resistance, writes the German newspaper "Spiegel".
Project Jadar
Landing on the Rio Tinto cocktail party: Intimidation or a direct message from citizens
Representatives of the "Ne damo Jadar" association broke into the Hilton Hotel, where the Rio Tinto company's New Year's cocktail was held, to tell them that, as they said, "they will not dig". The company assessed that "opponents of the 'Jadar' project are trying to dispute the right of that company to operate in Serbia under conditions that apply to all others with unfounded accusations."
Mining of lithium
Rio Tinto: Multibillion-dollar investment in lithium
Following new investments in Argentina, Rio Tinto is on track to become the world's third largest lithium producer. The company is also counting on its Jadar project in Serbia to meet most of Europe's lithium needs
Project Jadar
Director of Rio Tinto: Protests are delaying lithium mining in Serbia
Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm denies claims by activists that the water in the valley will be contaminated with heavy metals, and notes that such "false information" is being spread on social networks. "As a company, we are not adequately prepared to deal with such misinformation," Stausholm said
Protest
Valjevo: Instead of a protest, candles were lit for the victims in Novi Sad
The planned protest in Valjevo against Eurolithium turned into giving mail to the victims in Novi Sad, and announcing the liberation of Serbia.
Personal attitude
Silencing electrical engineering
By groundlessly reducing the "Jadar" enterprise to a mine, the fact is overlooked that the only reason it is being discussed may be the profit from the expected production in the field of electrical engineering. Depriving electrical technicians of the right to reason about it narrows the possibility of a conscientious and comprehensive check and increases the risk
The European Commission
The EU will protect Serbia's beautiful nature
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Serbia can be sure that the EU, as far as lithium mining is concerned, will respect and preserve its "wonderful nature".
Project "Jadar"
Protest against lithium mining in Čačak: Kokanović announced new blockades
The well-known slogan "You won't dig" was shouted on Thursday at a protest against lithium mining in Čačak. Activist Zlatko Kokanović announced new blockades across Serbia
Project "Jadar"
Tightening the rhetoric: Lithium as a matter of life and death
From rioting in the streets to parliamentary debate, every possible resource has been used in the fight against lithium mining. Actors are still one of the harshest critics of the "Jadar" project, and some of them are ready to, as they say, lose their lives because of lithium. Has lithium become a matter of life and death?
"Jadar" project
Protest against lithium mining in Čačak
Another in a series of protests against lithium mining will be held on Thursday in Čačak, the SEOS organization announced.
Abuse of artificial intelligence
"The root of the attack on Kusturica is lithium"
Celebrated director Emir Kusturica requests that Pink not use his character with the help of artificial intelligence. Lawyer Zdenko Tomanović, whose office represents Kusturica, talks to "Vreme" about the use of deepfakes in a vulgarized society.
Project Jadar
The European left called on the Government of Serbia and the EU to abandon lithium mines
The European left emphasized that the message of tens of thousands of citizens of Serbia at mass protests against the destructive project of the Rio Tinto company is clear: the health of our planet and the well-being of communities must take precedence over corporate profits
Project Jadar
Blockades in Preljina and Gornji Nedeljice: "We will not give up the protest"
Roadblocks were organized in Preljina and Gornji Nedeljice, and after the government refused to adopt the law on the permanent ban on lithium and boron mining. The blockades started at 14 pm and lasted for one hour
Comment
Prince Vidoje of Loznica
The mayor of Loznica, Vidoje Petrović, known by the nickname Knez, resigned, as he had been in that position for 20 years and no one could do anything for him. Petrović submitted his resignation at the beginning of August, but he only activated it now, seeing in which direction the protests against lithium mining are going.
Lithium mining in Serbia
The problems of Germany and Serbia's lithium deal: "We cannot export our own environmental problems"
Because of the lithium deal between Serbia and Germany, would our country make an ecological sacrifice for the sake of the German economic boom? And would Germany thus become dependent on Serbia? German economist Claudia Kaempfert, who deals with energy and environmental protection, talks about this
Germany
Protest against Project "Jadar" in Berlin as well: "You won't be able to do it anymore"
A protest in Berlin against lithium mining in Serbia was held on October 15, attended by German environmental activists and young people from the Balkans, mostly from Serbia.
Project "Jadar"
"You will not dig": What actions are environmental activists planning for the coming week
Environmental activists have announced new protests and actions after the rejection of a bill banning lithium mining in the National Assembly. There will be protests in Loznica, but also in Berlin. Zlatko Kokanović from the association "Ne damo Jadar" warns of blockades throughout Serbia