The project in the Jadar Valley would have been Europe’s biggest lithium mine but came under sustained fire from environmental groups.
| Rio Tinto plans to pause its lithium project in western Serbia after a municipality in the west of the country scrapped a plan to allocate land for the mine, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday, quoting the CEO of Rio’s Serbian arm.in the western Jadar river valley to extract lithium, a vital ingredient for batteries for electric vehicles, while another product, borates, are used in solar panels and wind turbines.
Beta’s report quoted Vesna Prodanovic as saying Rio plans a pause during which it will engage in a public dialogue about the project, which has stirred protests by environmental groups. Earlier this year, Rio said any development would meet all domestic and European Union environmental standards but activists say it would cause irreparable damage.
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