BELGRADE: Hundreds of environmental protesters blocked roads in Belgrade and other Serbian towns on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), angered at mining giant Rio Tinto's plans to extract lithium in the Balkan nation.
Substantial deposits of lithium, a key component for electric car batteries, are found around the western town of Loznica, where the Anglo-Australian company has started to buy land but is still waiting for the green light from the state to begin mining.
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