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RIO TINTO PLANS FOR SERBIA LITHIUM MINE SUSPENDED AFTER PROTESTS

RIO TINTO PLANS FOR SERBIA LITHIUM MINE SUSPENDED AFTER PROTESTS

Dec 20, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Lithium

Local authorities in western Serbia have suspended a plan that would allow the mining company Rio Tinto to operate a lithium mine, after protests by environmentalists that shook the country’s populist leadership.

RIO TINTO SUSPENDS PROPOSED LITHIUM MINE IN SERBIA AFTER PROTESTS

RIO TINTO SUSPENDS PROPOSED LITHIUM MINE IN SERBIA AFTER PROTESTS

Dec 19, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Lithium

Rio Tinto has suspended plans to build Europe’s largest lithium mine after sustained protests across the country in opposition to the project.

RIO TINTO LITHIUM MINE: THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BLOCK ROADS ACROSS SERBIA

RIO TINTO LITHIUM MINE: THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BLOCK ROADS ACROSS SERBIA

Dec 5, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Lithium

Thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia as anger swelled over government-backed plan to allow mining company Rio Tinto to extract lithium.

JADAR, SERBIA

JADAR, SERBIA

Sep 23, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, Lithium

CASE STUDY: Jadar Valley, Serbia MORE CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY: Jadar Valley, Serbia From Yes to life No to Mining global network ‘On the Frontlines of Lithium Extraction’ In 2004 Rio Tinto discovered lithium and borate deposits in the fertile valley of the...

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