MINING SECTOR 2021
INTERVIEW
DRAGOMAN RABRENOVIĆ PH.D., DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SERBIA / SERBIAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Pledge For
THE FUTURE The adoption of a new, improved and modern Law on Mining and Geological Research, as well as an entire set of new by-laws, coupled with the introduction of e-mining, will increase the security of investments in the mining sector, but also domestic planning and the preservation of our mineral wealth.
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he new Law on Mining and Geological Research provides transparent and stable conditions for investments in mining and geological research, both in the exploitation and processing of mineral resources, and in the area of concessions. “We will define the long-term goals for the development of mining and the geological research of mineral resources, as well as the projection of needs for all types of raw minerals, taking into account technical and technological development, not only through its application in mines and the processing of those raw materials, but also the possible substitution of the same in Serbian industry. This will create better conditions for the more efficient and rational geological research of 34
mineral raw materials,” considers Dragoman Rabrenović Ph.D., director of the Geological Survey of Serbia. he EU’s new raw materials strategy envisages Europe returning T to its own sources of mineral raw materials. What does that mean for Serbia and its base of raw materials? Europe cares about knowing what mineral resources it possesses on its territory. It determines this in a number of ways, one of which is generally through the EuroGeo Survey (European Association of Geological Surveys), which conducts and maintains a unique database of minerals. It is in the EU’s interests for European mineral resources to
