STOP THE MINES Groups of environmental demonstrators protest against a project by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto which wants to exploit lithium in this Balkan country, on Nov. 27, 2021. Significant deposits of lithium, essential for the manufacture of batteries for electric cars, are in eastern Serbia, around the town of Loznica, where the company has started buying land, but is still waiting for the green light from the State to open the mines. AFP PHOTO
STOP THE MINES Groups of environmental demonstrators protest against a project by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto which wants to exploit lithium in this Balkan country, on Nov. 27, 2021. Significant deposits of lithium, essential for the manufacture of batteries for electric cars, are in eastern Serbia, around the town of Loznica, where the company has started buying land, but is still waiting for the green light from the State to open the mines. AFP PHOTO


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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