Scholz: Germany, Serbia, Zambia to join Global Battery Alliance

07 October 2024 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today opened the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference

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Europe is facing energy crisis in winter because of Ukraine

04 October 2024 - About half of Ukraine’s power generation capacity is out of operation, so it has turned from a net exporter of electricity to an importer

US Exim Bank USD 98 mn Doicesti SMR project first Southeastern Europe

US Exim Bank approves USD 98 mn for Doicești SMR project, first in Southeastern Europe

02 October 2024 - The Doicești SMR project of 462 MW in Romania, the most advanced in the EU and beyond, passed another milestone

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Burduja declares energy revolution in Romania amid offshore wind roadmap launch

30 September 2024 - The Offshore Wind Roadmap for Romania envisages up to EUR 19 billion in investments and as much as 7 GW in capacity by 2035

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Rio Tinto’s CEO makes six promises to people of Serbia regarding Jadar lithium project

09 September 2024 - Rio Tinto's CEO Jakob Stausholm visited western Serbia to promise that the Jadar project for a lithium mine and processing unit is safe

Lithium mining plans deepen divisions within Serbia

Lithium mining plans deepen divisions within Serbia

02 September 2024 - Environmentalists held a protest because of charges that campaigners against lithium mining are facing. The Ministry of Mining and Energy said it received an anonymous threat related to Rio Tinto's Jadar project.

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France, Serbia sign five agreements on critical raw materials, waste, energy

30 August 2024 - France and Serbia have agreed nuclear energy cooperation, a loan for EMS, and wastewater treatment plant construction

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EU’s mining waste rules not fit for new critical raw materials mines

27 August 2024 - The European NGO Transport & Environment commissioned a legal analysis of the 2006 EU Extractive Waste Directive (EWD)

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20 September 2024 - No investment in Serbia’s recent history has sparked as much controversy as Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project Jadar. All about the Jadar project, from 2001 to the present day.