Press releases
Rio Tinto's response to the attack on the field team by local activists
We strongly condemn today's reckless attack by activists from "Ne damo Jadar" against the team of company’s contract partners during their regular tour of Rio Tinto owned properties in the Jadar Valley. This incident represents the continuation of an aggressive campaign of threats, intimidation and attacks against Rio Sava employees and our contract partners based on misinformation and fake news.
Rio Tinto's reaction to the protest and attacks in front of the Omni Center in Valjevo
With regret, we note the alarming fact that today in Valjevo, during the organization of a public dialogue on the Jadar Project, individuals, through threats, intimidation, and attacks on representatives of Rio Tinto and the present citizens of Valjevo, have obstructed free dialogue and information exchange, under the pretext of expressing the free will of citizens opposing the Jadar Project.
Rio Tinto responds to misleading article and inaccurate information on Jadar Project environmental studies
On March 14 weekly magazine NIN published the article “Mining lithium would destroy living world in Jadar”. The article quotes parts of the findings published in 2021 publication of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SANU) and concludes that “opening of the Jadarite mine and processing facility would irreversibly damage living world in Jadar”.