On June 15, 2024 the Rio Tinto voluntarily released drafts studies on Jadar Project environmental impact assessments, which were publicly available for ten months, until February 26, 2025. This allowed the public during this period to assess potential environmental impacts and proposed mitigation measures.
An extensive disinformation campaign is being waged against the Jadar Project, in which false news and unfounded claims are maliciously spread that Rio Tinto and the implementation of the Jadar Project will have destructive, negative impacts on the environment and people's health. The scientific facts, verified by independent experts and laid out in draft environmental impact assessment studies, comprehensively refute these false claims. The availability of these studies has contributed to an open, transparent dialogue based on scientific facts and data. Since the publication of the draft study, we have received over 200 comments from the interested public on the company's website.
Further development of the Jadar Project depends on obtaining all necessary permits. The key, legally prescribed step in this sense is the completion of the preparation, public review and approval of the environmental impact assessment study.
Rio Tinto remains open to fact-based dialogue and is available to all interested parties for any questions if you are interested in more information from the draft environmental impact assessment study for the Jadar Project, you can send us your questions via email at [email protected].