balkaninsight.com<https://balkaninsight.com/2026/01/05/with-europe-hungry-for-lithium-will-serbia-say-no-to-mining/> With Europe Hungry for Lithium, Will Serbia Say No to Mining? Katarina Baletic ~2 minutes ________________________________
Global mining company Rio Tinto mothballed its lithium mining project in Serbia in the wake of discontent from the public and environmentalists – but as a new year begins, that’s not the end of the story, believes Mirko Popovic, programme director at the Belgrade-based Platform for Social Development and Innovation NGO, an expert in environmental issues. The European Union is keen to acquire critical minerals to boost its green energy transition; Serbia has a resource which is of intense interest to various other countries too, Popovic told BIRN in an interview. The Serbian authorities, meanwhile, need the revenue it could bring. But Serbian society needs to decide “how we will manage resources that are vital to every society – water, air, and land”, Popovic argued. Subscribe to Balkan Insight Premium to read the full article. Please login to your account below if you are already a Premium Subscriber. Buy Premium Subscription Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on BalkanInsight.com, including analyses, investigations, comments, interviews and more. Choose your subscription today and get unparalleled in-depth coverage of the Southern and Eastern Europe. Buy Premium Subscription<https://balkaninsight.com/premium-subscription> If you have trouble logging in or any other questions regarding you account, please contact us<https://balkaninsight.com/contact-us> -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/PH0PR13MB5446CE91743E6BE4AD436F8DAE86A%40PH0PR13MB5446.namprd13.prod.outlook.com.
