Environmentalists cited an anonymous source who they said got the information from Associate Professor Sa\u0161a Stojadinovi\u0107 from the Technical Faculty in Bor in a telephone conversation that Rio Tinto\u2019s Serbian subsidiary Rio Sava ordered a machine to bore the mining shaft for its lithium exploitation project in the Jadar valley in the country\u2019s west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biljana Stojkovi\u0107, presidential candidate from the We Must (Moramo) coalition and the Assembly of Free Serbia (SSS), Bojana Novakovi\u0107 from the Mar\u0161 sa Drine initiative<\/a> and Marijana Petkovi\u0107<\/a> from the Association of Environmental Organizations of Serbia (SEOS) played an audio recording of a conversation, in which they claim was said that the equipment is supposed to be delivered by an Austrian and a German company. They said they didn\u2019t name the individual that they got the tape from for the sake of the person\u2019s security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an emotional address at a press conference in Belgrade, the activists stressed that the authorities in Serbia are still supporting Rio Tinto even though the project was officially<\/a> halted in January.<\/a> They called on voters not to support President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), warning that otherwise the project would be resumed after the April 3 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jadar area is part of the City of Loznica administrative area. For the whole article go to Balkan Green Energy News. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n