19 July 2024 - Serbia and the EU have signed the MoU on strategic partnership in the sectors of sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric vehicles
16 July 2024 - The Government of Serbia annulled the 2022 abolishment of Rio Tinto's project Jadar for a lithium mine and processing plant
16 July 2024 - Volt Resources has the rights to exploration license applications for lithium and borates in three areas in western Serbia
11 July 2024 - The Constitutional Court of Serbia declared unconstitutional a decree that annulled the local spatial plan for Rio Tinto's lithium project
11 July 2024 - Local group Ne damo Jadar and the SEOS assocoation held a protest rally in front of the Constitutional Court of Serbia against Rio Tinto's lithium project
08 July 2024 - Seven people were arrested and criminally charged in Loznica at a protest against Rio Tinto's project for a lithium mine and processing plant
29 June 2024 - The movement against Rio Tinto's lithium project demanded a ban on exploration and mining, threatening to radicalize resistance
12 June 2024 - Serbia's new government supports all development projects, including mining, which includes lithium, says Prime Minister Miloš Vučević
12 October 2022 - More than two years after protests began, Serbia's public broadcaster RTS aired the first academic debate on the project, which the government stopped nine months ago
16 August 2022 - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlović claims the lithium mine in Jadar would be completely digitalized and without sulfuric acid fumes or liquid waste
10 August 2022 - Rio Tinto said it intends to complete the internal feasibility study for its Jadar lithium project in Serbia, citing "previous commitments"