How a rising anti-mining movement is challenging Portugal’s ‘white gold’ rush
Throughout Portugal, people are organizing to stop a boom in lithium mining, as the government rushes to become Europe’s top supplier of the valuable mineral....
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Serbia is suffering an enormous damage from the uncontrolled exploitation of ores
Serbia is suffering enormous, and especially environmental, damage from the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral resources, and the State Audit Institution (SAI) recently pointed out the...
Rio Tinto Jadar Lithium project, exploitation environment impacts
Lithium borate reserves at the site near Loznica have been estimated roughly at 135 million tons. Vladimir Simic, a professor at the Faculty of Mining...
Rio Tinto in Serbia: Lithium exploitation plan presented
Finally, the plan of the whole Jadar project saw the light of day. Here are some of the most important side projects and what all...
Lithium mining concessions in Portugal “crystal clear”
The Minister of the Environment has said that the process of granting lithium mining concessions in Montalegre is “crystal clear”. João Pedro Matos Fernandes,...
Serbia should aim for mining processing and not only exploration
Although Mr. Ndegva does not appear to be a colonial deputy, his rhetoric has a colonial tone, no matter how hard he tries to show...
Portugal’s Government Under Fire Over Controversial Lithium Contract
Portugal’s government came under fire from lawmakers for signing a contract giving exploration rights for lithium mining to a three-day old firm, but the environment...
Serbia: Zidjin squeezes out competition for huge profit in announcement – Chinese giant wants only exploration of Bor area
It also plans to offer the British-Australian “Rio Tinto” a buyout of their stake Chinese company Zidjin, after the acquisition of the remaining 60...
Serbia might become a mining leader in this part of Europe
With the realization of the mining projects of “Chukaru Peki” and “Jadar” in Serbia, the share of mining in GDP can jump from the current...
Portugal NGO Quercus urges government to ‘rethink lithium’ and avoid “environmental disaster”
Environmental NGO Quercus is urging the newly-inaugurated Portuguese government to rethink its strategy for lithium exploration in order to avoid an environmental disaster. With the...