Deal positions Rio Tinto among the world’s largest lithium miners, trailing only US-based Albemarle and Chile’s SQM.

The Jadar lithium project, valued at $2.4 billion, is expected to fulfill 90% of Europe’s current lithium demand, potentially establishing Rio Tinto as a key player in the global lithium market.

They "never believed the lithium mine had been scrapped for good". Meanwhile, China is also "looking to gain a foothold" in the Jadar region, said Euronews. "There is a complete lack of trust in ...

The new business, Rio Tinto Lithium, will assume control of Rio's (RIO) $2.5B Rincon project in Argentina but not its controversial Jadar lithium project in Serbia, to "ensure we give laser focus ...

All the commodities Rio Tinto produces are essential for this shift. For example, our plans for the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia matches the Serbian government’s vision to establish a world ...

The country’s parliament, however, is still debating a proposal to ban lithium and borate mining and exploration. If passed into law, this would effectively put an end to the contested Jadar ...

View over the Jadar basin, Serbia. The buried lithium-boron resource is formed of subhorizontal layers in former lake sediments up to several hundred metres below the Earth’s surface. Focus: Informing ...

and the new business would assume control of Rio's $2.5 billion Rincon project in Argentina but not its controversial Jadar lithium project in Serbia. Arcadium Lithium reported a net loss of $14.2 ...

BELGRADE: It could take Rio Tinto two years to obtain the permits it needs to start construction on its Jadar lithium project in Serbia, says the country’s energy minister as environmentalists ...

Rio Tinto plans to create a standalone lithium division after it completes the $6.7 billion acquisition, and the new business would assume control of Rio's $2.5 billion Rincon project in Argentina but ...