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Serbia’s critical minerals strategy faces financing, processing and governance test as Europe scrambles for supply security

Serbia’s ambitions to position itself as one of Europe’s key suppliers of lithium and strategic minerals are increasingly colliding with a much broader European...

Serbia repositions lithium within long-term resource strategy

Serbia has moved to formally re-anchor lithium within its long-term industrial and resource policy, reopening a politically sensitive sector while attempting to reframe it...

Competition deepens in Serbia’s mining sector as exploration capital repositions after Jadar

The collapse of the Jadar lithium project removed Serbia’s most prominent mining narrative, but it did not diminish the country’s underlying appeal to exploration...

Why EU candidate countries misinterpret “strategic projects”: Lessons from Serbia

In EU candidate countries, few policy phrases are used as frequently—and as loosely—as “strategic project.” In Serbia, the term has become a fixture of...

First step toward LFP battery megafactory: ElevenEs receives permit to prepare site for construction

The City Administration of Subotica has issued a building permit for preparatory works that precede the construction of a production complex for a lithium-iron-phosphate...

Serbia’s lithium debate resurfaces as policymakers push for a controlled processing model rather than raw-ore exports

Lithium has returned to the centre of Serbia’s political and industrial debate as policymakers revisit whether the country should re-enter the global battery-materials conversation....

Serbia’s mining future: Bor, Majdanpek, Loznica, lithium and the country’s strategic mineral economy (2025–2035)

Mining is one of Serbia’s most strategically sensitive, economically powerful, and geopolitically consequential sectors. From the copper belts of Bor and Majdanpek to the...

EU–Serbia raw materials partnership: Strategic opportunity or governance risk?

In July 2024, the European Union and Serbia signed a strategic raw materials partnership focused on cooperation in lithium extraction, battery production, and clean...

A new era for US–Serbia relations: Strategic opportunities beyond Kosovo

Serbia and the United States held their first high-level bilateral meeting in over a decade on August 6, signaling renewed engagement. Serbian Foreign Minister...

Rio Tinto faces low lithium prices as Serbia invests in mine-linked infrastructure

Low lithium market prices have forced Rio Tinto to indicate in its six-month report that production will need to be “incentivized”, a euphemism for...

Protests against lithium mining in Serbia intensify

On October 19, environmental activists blocked the Loznica-Valjevo and Ibarska magistrala roads for one hour as part of their opposition to the opening of...

EPS experts caution against lithium for energy storage, favor hydropower solutions

Lithium has been touted in Serbia as a solution for various issues, from electromobility to renewable energy storage. However, experts from EPS (Electric Power...

Scrutiny of state concessions to Rio Tinto amid public opposition to lithium mining

The narrative surrounding the state's concessions to the mining company since 2015 raises questions, especially given the ruling party's tendency to blame past governments....

Concerns raised over Rio Tinto’s Jadar project EIA request: Environmental standards at risk?

Rio Tinto's request to determine the scope and content of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study only covers a portion of the "Jadar" project,...
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