Europe’s struggle to secure materials for its energy transition, electric mobility rollout and industrial renewal is often framed as an external problem, usually reduced to dependence on China or glob
From extraction to acceptance: OE led environmental governance secures mining and materials-processing projects
Mining extraction and materials-refining facilities in Serbia and the wider region are increasingly evaluated not as standalone industrial operations, but as integrated environmental, social and finan
Powering Europe’s critical minerals economy: Serbia’s bid to become the continent’s mining fabrication hub 2026–2035
Europe’s renewed focus on mining is fundamentally different from past commodity cycles. It is no longer driven primarily by price spikes or opportunistic resource exploitation. Instead, it is anchored
Fabrication for the mining industry — Serbia and the wider SEE region as a strategic manufacturing base for Europe’s next mining cycle
Mining is re-entering Europe’s strategic conversation not simply as a resource topic, but as an industrial sovereignty and competitiveness imperative. The global energy transition, electrification eco
Beyond lithium and copper: Serbia’s hidden resources for building industrial ecosystems
The conversation about Serbia’s mining future is overwhelmingly dominated by two icons: lithium and copper. Lithium because it symbolizes electrification, energy transition and geopolitical currency i
Europe needs materials, Serbia needs industry: Aligning interests without surrendering control
Europe’s industrial reality is simple: it cannot meet its energy transition, manufacturing restructuring, and technological competitiveness goals without secure access to critical materials and reliab
Serbia — Europe’s processing hub: Turning resources into industrial power
Europe’s raw materials challenge is widely misunderstood. Public debate tends to orbit around mining projects, geological exploration, and access to resources. Yet the deeper structural gap in Europe’
Serbia 2035 industrial scenario: Two futures
Let us imagine Serbia in 2035. Two different Serbia’s exist — born from two different policy choices, two different strategic mindsets, and two different levels of courage. In the first scenario, Serb
Beyond lithium and copper: What other Serbian resources could build industrial ecosystems?
The conversation about Serbia’s mining future is overwhelmingly dominated by two icons: lithium and copper. Lithium because it symbolizes electrification, energy transition and geopolitical currency i
Europe needs materials — Serbia needs industry: Can interests align without Serbia losing control?
Europe’s industrial reality is simple: it cannot meet its energy transition, manufacturing restructuring, and technological competitiveness goals without secure access to critical materials and reliab