Is an alternative to Rio Tinto being prepared in Serbia?
Part of the public in our country still resents the plan of the multinational corporation to open a lithium mine in the Jadar Valley Since...
Category : Base metals
Serbia fears disaster over Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto announced in July that it would invest $ 2.4 billion in a project in the Jadra Valley in western Serbia, above the Cer...
Rio Tinto’s past casts a shadow over Serbia’s hopes of a lithium revolution
People in the Jadar valley fear environmental catastrophe as Europe presses for self-sufficiency in battery technology Abattery sign, flashing dangerously low, appears superimposed over a...
Citizens groups fighting a government plan to allow lithium mining in various areas of northern Portugal have received an unprecedented boost to their campaigns
Citizens groups fighting a government plan to allow lithium mining in various areas of northern Portugal have received an unprecedented boost to their campaigns. Today,...
Rio Tinto says 60 Jadar mines wouldn’t fill looming lithium gap
Rio Tinto joined the rising chorus of companies and analysts warning of an imminent and “significant” supply gap for lithium, as demand for the metal used in electric vehicles (EV) and green...
The Garadagh porphyry deposit alone contains over 300,000 tonnes of copper
The Garadagh porphyry deposit alone contains over 300,000 tonnes of copper with an in-situ value of over US$3.0bn at current prices. Anglo Asian Mining agreed...
After campaign to ban fracking, locals face ‘another carbon-heavy extractive industry
Community leaders in Co Leitrim say they feel “under siege” after learning that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan intends to...
Copper mine in northern Sweden scales up resource estimates
The wind mills could symbolise the main reason why it is economical profitable to reopen the old mine beneath the ground at Viscaria outside Kiruna:...
Greenland’s parliament is expected to pass a bill reinstating a ban on uranium mining
Within weeks, Greenland’s parliament, the Inatsisartut, is expected to pass a bill reinstating a ban on uranium mining that was lifted in 2013 following pressure...
Lithium Research and Exploration Programme is an opportunity to decarbonise the economy and pursue the energy transition strategy
The preliminary environmental impact assessment report for the Lithium Prospecting and Exploration Programme identified “some risks” in the eight potential areas in the north and...