Slovenia’s last coal mine turning to green energy, underground farming
Premogovnik Velenje has projects for methane extraction, a gravity power plant, underground energy storage and farming. Its subsidiary builds PV plants.
Rio Tinto buying land for Serbia lithium mine before investment decision
Vučić hinted at holding a local referendum on letting Rio Tinto mine lithium. Activist Marija Alimpić said 36 families already sold their properties and left.
Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Serbia challenged over transboundary impact
CZŽS from BiH asked the state to determine the transboundary environmental impact of the lithium exploitation and processing project in Serbia
Zijin expanding Serbian mine without comprehensive environmental study
Serbia received a complaint against its decision to allow Zijin to expand a copper mine without a comprehensive environmental impact study
Voices of discontent over Rio Tinto’s jadarite mine investment in Serbia grow louder
When the state has no control over the implementation of its own environmental protection laws, then citizens are forced to protect water, land, and air.
Serbia gets the Cadastre of Mining Waste with EU help
Serbia got its Cadastre of Mining Waste in an eponymous project implemented by the Ministry of Mining and Energy with the European Union’s financial support. The project worth EUR 2.1 million, which lasted from February 2017 to January 2020, has contributed to the further development and improvement of the system for responsible and sustainable mining […]
Serbia to get Cadastre of Mining Waste on February 1, 2020
After almost three years of the Cadastre of Mining Waste (VIDEO) project implementation and visits to 250 locations, Serbia will get data on abandoned locations of mining waste on February 1, 2020. Data on 41 locations comprising 80% of identified mining waste, which could endanger the environment and human health, will be available on a […]
Study tours to Germany – learning from German experience and know-how in mining waste management
Two study tours on mining waste management in Germany have been recently organized for employees of the Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia. Those study tours are a part of the project Cadastre of mining waste in the Republic of Serbia, that is funded by the European union and co-funded by […]