Bor

In a startling revelation, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced today that authorities have apprehended two individuals suspected of the heinous murder of two-year-old Danka Ilic from the town of Bor in Eastern Serbia. Belgrade's Beta Agency reported Vucic's statement, relayed by BTA, detailing the arrest of the suspects.

A race against time unfolds in Serbia as emergency services mobilize to locate two-year-old Danka Ilić, who vanished from Banjsko Polje near Bor. The activation of the "Find Me" system, akin to an Amber Alert, marks a first for Serbia, underlining the urgency of the situation.

Belgrade daily Srpski Telegraf reported this on Saturday.

Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic and Vice President and Executive Director of Zijin Mining George Fang signed the acquisition contract today.

Mihajlovic, who is also in charge of transport and infrastructure, and Zhong discussed "economic cooperation of the two countries," the Serbian government said.

China's Zijin will take a 63-per-cent share of Serbia's failing copper giant RTB Bor in return for offering a 1.26 billion US dollar business and investment plan that includes not laying off any of the 5,000 workers, the Serbian goverment said on Friday.

Vecernje Novosti reports that the interested companies are Chinese Zijin Mining, Ugold Limited based in Cyprus and backed by Russian capital and Canadian-Finnish investment fund Champion Iron.

RTB Bor is a copper mining and smelting complex located in eastern Serbia.

Brnabic, who began the visit to the Majdanpek municipality by visiting Majdanpek Copper Mines, which is part of RTB Bor, pointed out that the deadline for bids expires on August 20, adding that she still cannot say how many companies bought the documentation, the government said on its website.

Brnabic "stressed on that occasion that mining has the potential to contribute to our economic growth and GDP growth, up to 5 percent, and maybe even more," the government quoted her as saying.

BOR - A change of ownership structure is inevitable for the Bor mining and smelting complex in 2018 and work is underway on a model for a tender to select a strategic partner, the company's manager, Blagoje Spaskovski, said Friday.