Serbia Important Source of Rare Minerals in the World

Mining is an important factor in economic activities and growth in Serbia today, and at the beginning of this year, that industry participated with 2.6% in the GDP in the first quarter and 2.3% in the second quarter, said the minister of mining and energy of Serbia, Dubravka Djedovic, while speaking at the conference “Mineral Resources of Serbia, Sustainable Growth Through Responsible Mining”, according to the website of the Government of Serbia.

Also, as she added, mining is recording a higher growth rate than industrial production, because the industrial production from January to July 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, grew 2.7%, whereas mining grew more than 30%, which is a result of increased investments, especially in the exploitation and processing at the copper mine.

According to her, in the mining sector, 27,000 people were employed in 2021, of which 8,500 in metal ore mines, with a tendency to increase.

As said, “at the moment, there are geological explorations in 178 fields in Serbia, of which 120 are metal ore fields, among others, copper, gold, lead, zinc, silver, two exploration fields of energy resources and 56 fields in which non-metallic raw materials are explored”, specified Djedovic.

Serbia is rich with mineral resources, primarily copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, borates and lithium, she emphasized and added that mineral resources in the era of modern technologies “are the foundation of the development of a modern society” and “a necessary precondition of the existence of a modern civilization”.

Mining activities in the context of the energy independence of the country and the further economic growth is not a matter of choice, but an inevitability. The task of the state is to, along with mining, use the rich resources it has in a rational, responsible and sustainable way, honoring the nature and caring for the communities that it has an impact on, the minister said, according to the official website of the Government of Serbia.

Vlada Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Dubravka Đedović

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