"Rio Tinto halts lithium mining project Jadar in Serbia" 13 November 2025

"Rio Tinto has suspended its lithium mining project Jadar in Serbia" ... "Bloomberg wrote that it saw an internal company memo revealing that the investment in Serbia would be switched to a care and maintenance regime, making it dormant." ...

"Rio Tinto confirmed the contents of the memo. The company told Blic that it “remains in Serbia” and that the Jadar project is entering a phase involving an assessment of project costs and resources. “Our focus will be to support our employees through the transition process, and to continue fulfilling our legal obligations to the local community as responsible landowners in the Jadar valley,” it added." ...