4 FAQs about Bosnia and herzegovina makes lithium batteries for energy storage
Why are Serbia & Bosnia & Herzegovina against lithium mining?
In both countries — Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina — foreign mining giants have set their sights on the region's deposits of lithium, a lucrative chemical element crucial for renewable energy systems. And in both countries, they are being opposed by unusually dogged, globally networked civic movements. Why the opposition to lithium mining?
Where are Serbia's front lines of defense against lithium mining?
Serbia's Jadar Valley and Bosnia's Mount Majevica have become the front lines of defense in the fight against lithium mining. What started out as resistance in Serbia has now morphed into a transnational movement.
Why did Serbia start a protest against lithium mining?
A hastily convened citizens' assembly attracted 300 people and marked the start of resistance to lithium mining in the region. The campaign quickly spread across 22 villages in a region known as Serbia's breadbasket because of its immense agricultural yields. A number of groups are involved.
What if lithium was extracted from the Drina river?
Another group, Mars sa Drine (March from the Drina river), claims that the extraction of lithium "would wipe out thriving villages, destroy farmland cultivated for generations and threaten areas rich in cultural heritage and protected wildlife." "We had meetings with the company [Rio Tinto]," says Zlatko Kokanovic of We Won't Give Up Jadar.