They "never believed the lithium mine had been scrapped for good". Meanwhile, China is also "looking to gain a foothold" in the Jadar region, said Euronews. "There is a complete lack of trust in ...

The country’s parliament, however, is still debating a proposal to ban lithium and borate mining and exploration. If passed into law, this would effectively put an end to the contested Jadar ...

"This land is nobody's property, it belongs to our children.” Exploration of the lithium and boron deposits in the Jadar valley has been done by multinational Rio Tinto mining company for 20 years.

View over the Jadar basin, Serbia. The buried lithium-boron resource is formed of subhorizontal layers in former lake sediments up to several hundred metres below the Earth’s surface. Focus: Informing ...

But somehow, we have continued to fight.” In early 2004, a group of geologists working in Jadar had discovered a new mineral with the chemical formula sodium-lithium-borosilicate-hydroxide, soon ...

The new business, Rio Tinto Lithium, will assume control of Rio's $2.5 billion Rincon project in Argentina but not its controversial Jadar lithium project in Serbia. This is to "ensure we give ...

Paterno highlighted that Rio Tinto's management team was bullish about lithium and expected the market size to "grow five-fold" by 2035. Combining Arcadium with Rio's Jadar and Rincon assets would ...

The new entity, Rio Tinto Lithium, which is planned to be established once the transaction is finalised, will manage the $2.5bn Rincon project in Argentina. However, it will not include the Jadar ...