Infrastructural Violence, Displacement and Rebel Lives: Social Consequences of The Jadar Project

Vilenica, Ana and Mentus, Vladimir (2026) Infrastructural Violence, Displacement and Rebel Lives: Social Consequences of The Jadar Project. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Southeast Europe Regional Office, Belgrade. ISBN 978-86-88745-59-8

Text VilenicaMentus.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (1MB)

Abstract

The so-called green transition, often presented as a universal good, carries with it a long shadow of resource neocolonialism. Wars and competition over strategic raw materials around the world1 have carved out new mining frontiers at Europe’s periphery. While the financial benefits of extraction flow to multinational corporations and political elites, local communities are left to shoulder the biggest risks. In the Jadar Valley, western Serbia, the British- Australian corporation Rio Tinto plans to open a lithium and boron mine, an ore processing facility, and two tailings dumps, in concert with the Serbian government and the European Union, and against the wishes of almost 60% of the Serbian population.2 The proposed J

Actions (login required)

View Item