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Mining group Rio Tinto welcomed on Tuesday the Serbian government’s reinstatement of its licence to develop Europe’s biggest lithium mine, in a potential boost to the continent’s electric vehicle industry.
Welcoming the decision, Rio said that the project will be subject to stringent environmental requirements including an “extended phase” of legal, environmental and permitting procedures and public consultations before it is implemented.In a statement on Thursday the government said that to comply with the court ruling it is taking measures to reverse to the situation prior to its previous decision.
Zlatko Kokanovic, a green activist who leads protests against lithium mining, said that Scholz and EU officials were not welcome in Serbia. “He is the German Chancellor and has the right to visit but they have their own lithium and they should deal with it themselves and leave us alone,” he toldEarlier, Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic told the Tanjug news agency that the Jadar project “represents the future of Serbia’s economic positioning in Europe”.Ganfeng Lithium plans to build a $1.1 Billion trading desk
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