The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday January 31st, 2022 – World Leprosy Day
Serbia Stomps on Rio Tinto’s Lithium Mining Project by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
On the face of it, there seems to be little in the way of connection between the treatment of Novak Djokovic by Australian authorities and the cooling of the Serbian government towards Rio Tinto. The Anglo-Australian mining giant was confident that it would, at least eventually, win out in gaining the permissions to commence work on its US$2.4 billion lithium-borates mine in the Jadar Valley.
In 2021, Rio Tinto stated that the project would “scale up [the company’s] exposure to battery materials, and demonstrate the company’s commitment to investing capital in a disciplined manner to further strengthen its portfolio for the global energy transition.”
The road had been a bit bumpy, including a growing environmental movement determined to scuttle the project. But the ruling coalition, led by the Serbian Progressive Party, had resisted going wobbly on the issue.
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Al-Latata #poem #art #artinstallation by Amir Khatib
“Al-Latata was a river on which a line of dwellings resided;
A line in kufic script decorated with excessive movements.
As long as I remember it, a cloud of Javanese incense falls,
And it smashes on my chest with the veins of happiness…”
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Mika Toxica #017 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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