Geology of Serbia

[2][3] Its territory can be divided into five geotectonic units of differing genesis:[4][5] The Sava Zone (named after the river Sava) is an oceanic suture that strikes roughly NNW to SSE through Serbia and is mostly covered in the north by the sediments of the Pannonian Basin.

[6] The Supragetic nappes form a N-S striking belt in eastern Serbia, where they crop out in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina).

[2] Serbia is prone to moderate to strong seismic activity, especially in the central belts of Vardar Zone and Serbian Massif.

[8] List of major earthquakes in the 20th and 21st centuries:[9][10] The Serbian Geologic Society was established by a group of professors and students in Belgrade on 10 February 1891 under the leadership of Jovan Žujović.

[14][15][16][13] In 2018, it was acquired by the Chinese Zijin Mining, which in April 2021 was ordered by the government to cease activity because of "non-compliance with environmental standards".

[20] The largest laterite nickel deposit in Europe is at Mokra Gora, with an estimated 1,000 million tons of ore.[21] The Jadar deposit contains high-grade mineralisation of boron and lithium in a mineral named Jadarite and Rio Tinto Mines has invested $200M to test if it "has the potential to produce both battery-grade lithium carbonate and boric acid."