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NewsThe TelegraphWatch: North Sea platform blown up as Britain’s oil industry declines
A 48-year-old former North Sea oil platform has been demolished as a looming Labour tax raid on the sector drives a slump in fossil fuel activity in British waters.
NewsReutersSerbia to give green light for Rio Tinto lithium mine, FT reports
Vucic told the newspaper that "new guarantees" from the global mining giant and the European Union looked set to address Serbia’s concerns over whether necessary environmental standards would be met at the Jadar site in the west of the country. Rio Tinto said in a statement emailed to Reuters: "We believe the Jadar Project has the potential to be a world-class asset that could act as a catalyst for developing an EV (electric vehicle) value chain in Serbia".
NewsReutersChile says Saudi mining minister to visit, lithium expected on agenda
Chile's government said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia's mining minister will travel to the Latin American country in July and plans to meet with his counterpart in Santiago. Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef told Reuters in March the kingdom was interested in sourcing lithium abroad, as it aims to enter the electric vehicle sector. A government source had told Reuters about the visit on Thursday, saying the two officials would discuss potential investments in lithium.
