Serbian government blasts green groups for scuttling Rio Tinto’s lithium project
The world's shortage of lithium would be exacerbated with the cancellation of the Jadar project, experts said.
The world's shortage of lithium would be exacerbated with the cancellation of the Jadar project, experts said.
Serbia’s decision is a blow to Stausholm, who after winning the helm just over a year ago said he was aiming to win back trust for the world’s second-largest miner.
The NEBC Lithium - Formation Water Database is a project that will assess concentrations of lithium in brines in British Columbia’s formations by sampling natural gas and oil wells.
Tianqi Lithium applied for a Hong Kong listing in 2018, but the plan was shelved amid falling lithium prices and a cash squeeze.
"As far as project Jadar is concerned, this is an end," Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said.
Planned production at its flagship Kachi lithium brine project will be set at 50,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate.
Erin O’Toole has asked the government to conduct a national security review of the proposed takeover of Canada’s Neo Lithium by China’s Zijin Mining.
Lithium prices are set to surge again in the June half, spurred by a jump in China's production of electric vehicle batteries.
The mine has faced opposition from environmental activists and local communities over concerns of environmental damage.
An appeals court ordered the suspension, which was requested by the regional governor of the Atacama region and local indigenous communities.