ESG

Rio faces vote risk on Jadar

Now that it is hyper-engaged on all matters ESG, Rio Tinto has little option but to grin and bear the suggestion that final approval for its Jadar lithium project in western Serbia could be put to a local or district plebiscite

Barry Fitzgerald
An April protest against Rio Tinto's Jadar mine in Serbia

An April protest against Rio Tinto's Jadar mine in Serbia

The potential to give voters the final say on the likely US$1.5 billion project was raised by president Aleksandar Vucic and comes ahead of Rio completing a $200 million feasibility study by the end of...

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