Serbia Zijin Mining and Serbia Zijin Copper present CSR reports at international conference “Dialogues on China”

At the international scientific conference “Dialogues on China”, Serbia Zijin Copper and Serbia Zijin Mining presented the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and referred to key results in the fields of sustainable development, environmental protection, and improvement of local communities. The attendees were addressed by Maggie Huang, Director of the Office for Overseas Operations of the Zijin Mining Group in Belgrade, Zhang Yicheng, General Manager for CSR in Serbia Zijin Copper, and Yang Yuankun, Deputy General Manager of Serbia Zijin Mining.

Maggie Huang, Director of the Office for Overseas Operations of the Zijin Mining Group in Belgrade, pointed out that Zijin Mining Group had two large mining investment projects in Serbia – Zijin Copper, formerly RTB Bor and Zijin Mining with the mine Cukaru Peki. Since 2018, Zijin has invested four and a half billion dollars in the acquisition and development of these projects, which significantly improved Serbia’s position in the European mining industry. Today, Serbia “holds” 18 percent of European copper production and it is second on the list of the largest producers of this metal on the old continent, said Maggie Huang.

– More than 2.89 billion dollars have been invested so far in technological improvement and environmental management in the Smelter and copper mines in Bor, turning them into “green mines” that meet European standards – Huang emphasized. She emphasized that sulfur dioxide emissions had been reduced and that air quality had significantly improved.

– According to official data, in 2023 the average concentration of sulfur dioxide at the measuring stations around the Smelter was only 10.6% of the established air quality limit, which represents a reduction of over 50% compared to the levels recorded before Zijin’s arrival. The number of days when sulfur dioxide exceeded regulatory limits dropped from 156 days in 2014 to zero – in 2024!

Huang underlined that the Company had invested over 340 million US dollars in environmental protection and recultivated more than 4.33 million square meters of land.

General Manager for CSR in Serbia Zijin Copper Zhang Yicheng emphasized that the company had become the driving force of the economic development of the entire Bor District in the preceding five years. According to him, the company made a total social contribution to the local community during that period of 845 million dollars, hired more than three thousand new workers, and created more than nine thousand jobs.



– The average monthly net salary of employees in Serbia Zijin Copper is 144 thousand dinars, which is 87 percent more than in 2018, when Zijin came to Serbia. Investments in environmental protection during that period, in the amount of over 300 million dollars, led to the recultivation of three million square meters of degraded land in Bor and Majdanpek and a significant improvement in the working conditions of all 6,000 workers – Yicheng said.

Deputy General Manager of Serbia Zijin Mining Yang Yuankun estimated that 2023 had been an extremely successful year for the mining company that manages the first green mine in Serbia – Cukaru Peki.

– As leaders in sustainable green mining, we achieved outstanding business results and became the largest exporter in Serbia. Exports, which exceed one billion dollars, but also revenues, technological innovations, and social responsibility, have brought us the prestigious award of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce for business success and the status of one of the 100 best companies in Southeast Europe. Serbia Zijin Mining introduced three key ESG standards in 2023 and thus became the first company in Serbia to adopt the SA8000 standard of social responsibility – said Yuankun. He added that the company had invested 89 million dollars in environmental protection and 2.88 million dollars in initiatives for the development of local communities.

Speaking about the plans for the future, Yuankun stated as goals the increasing renewable energy capacity, especially through the development of solar power plants, and introducing comprehensive ecological plans. Thus saying, at the same time, he expressed the hope that the planned investment in the amount of 36 million dollars in the next five years would further improve the quality of life in local communities.



– Our goal is to become a model for “green mines” in Europe and set standards as a pioneering mining company that advocates for low-carbon and environmentally friendly practices, social responsibility, health, safety, and sustainable development – emphasized Yuankun.

The results of two of Zijin’s companies in the field of socially responsible business, which were presented to the public at the fourth “Dialogues on China” conference in Belgrade, showed that with plans for further investments in sustainability, renewable energy sources, and the development of the local economy, as well as the ambition to comply with the highest standards of social responsibility and ecological sustainability, Serbia Zijin Copper and Serbia Zijin Mining remained key actors in the mining sector of Serbia.

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Serbia Zijin Copper doo Bor

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Yang Yuankun

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