"No depleted uranium left in Serbia"

There is no longer any depleted uranium left from the 1999 NATO bombing, a minister says. Environment Minister Sasa Dragin made the comments at the central event marking the Earth Day in Belgrade. "No depleted uranium left in Serbia" Dragin also said that his ministry and the Smederevo-based U.S. Steel company have signed a USD 40mn contract stipulating that the company will invest the sum in new technologies in the next two years. As for the troubled privatization of the RTB Bor mining and smelting complex, the ministry will demand that whoever in the end makes the acquisition will have to invest USD 180mn in environment protection "and plant 160,000 trees in polluted zones in the area". Dragin also said Serbia received EUR 42mn from the World Bank to clean up the area. Nine laws on environment protection harmonized with EU legislation have been adopted, and nine more are in parliamentary procedure, he said, describing Serbia as "a country of contrast between undisturbed nature and extremely polluted zones". "It is therefore essential to adopt a law on recycling, which would create 50,000 new jobs and provide Serbian industries with cheaper raw materials," Dragin said.

"No depleted uranium left in Serbia"

Dragin also said that his ministry and the Smederevo-based U.S. Steel company have signed a USD 40mn contract stipulating that the company will invest the sum in new technologies in the next two years.

As for the troubled privatization of the RTB Bor mining and smelting complex, the ministry will demand that whoever in the end makes the acquisition will have to invest USD 180mn in environment protection "and plant 160,000 trees in polluted zones in the area".

Dragin also said Serbia received EUR 42mn from the World Bank to clean up the area.

Nine laws on environment protection harmonized with EU legislation have been adopted, and nine more are in parliamentary procedure, he said, describing Serbia as "a country of contrast between undisturbed nature and extremely polluted zones".

"It is therefore essential to adopt a law on recycling, which would create 50,000 new jobs and provide Serbian industries with cheaper raw materials," Dragin said.