Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is coming to Freiberg today. Accompanied by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, he will visit the Saxon Mining Authority (1.30 pm). The meeting will focus on sustainable lithium extraction. There will also be a bilateral meeting between Scholz and Vucic.
At the end of August, Scholz had already informed himself about the planned lithium mining project near Altenberg in the Ore Mountains in Saxony. The project is intended to meet the demand for battery-grade lithium hydroxide for one million batteries for average-sized electric cars every year.
The EU agreed a lithium deal with Serbia in July. Together with EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic, Scholz signed a declaration of intent in Belgrade to enable environmentally friendly extraction of the light metal in the Jadar Valley. Europe's largest lithium deposit is located there.
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