Germany And Serbia To Cooperate On Sustainable Lithium Mining

FREIBERG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 10: A vial containing locally mined electric car battery-grade lithium stands on a display next to a chunk of Zinnwaldit, a local mineral that contains lithium, during a visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on December 10, 2024 in Freiberg, Germany. Germany and Serbia will be cooperating in the sustainable mining of lithium, a critical substance for the production of batteries for electric cars. A company called Zinnwald Lithium GmbH intends to mine up to 15,000 tons of lithium annually in the region of Saxony near Freiberg, enough to build one million electric car batteries. Serbia also has extensive lithium deposits. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)