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The Ministry and the City are disputing the permit, and the owner of the lithium plant in Gospić states: "We operated according to the law."
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The Ministry and the City are disputing the permit, and the owner of the lithium plant in Gospić states: "We operated according to the law."

A dispute has arisen between the Croatian Ministry and the City of Gospić regarding the building permit for a newly constructed lithium processing plant. The conflict centers on whether the permit was issued legally before an environmental impact study was completed, a requirement identified by the Ministry in July. Investor Aleksandar Devčić and deputy director Danijel Bobanović stated in an interview that they followed all legal procedures and received the necessary approvals from state authorities. They rejected responsibility for any administrative errors made by the institutions, noting that the factory remains operational but idle until all regulatory requirements are met. The representatives emphasized that the production process is environmentally controlled, with minimal water consumption and waste recycling, while dismissing earlier claims about high resource usage as unverified.

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The Ministry and the City are disputing the permit, and the owner of the lithium plant in Gospić states: "We operated according to the law."

A dispute has arisen between the Croatian Ministry and the City of Gospić regarding the building permit for a newly constructed lithium processing plant. The conflict centers on whether the permit was issued legally before an environmental impact study was completed, a requirement identified by the Ministry in July. Investor Aleksandar Devčić and deputy director Danijel Bobanović stated in an interview that they followed all legal procedures and received the necessary approvals from state authorities. They rejected responsibility for any administrative errors made by the institutions, noting that the factory remains operational but idle until all regulatory requirements are met. The representatives emphasized that the production process is environmentally controlled, with minimal water consumption and waste recycling, while dismissing earlier claims about high resource usage as unverified.

Bias read (Conservative): The article relies exclusively on investor interviews that frame the regulatory dispute as a 'political process' and attribute fault entirely to state institutions, omitting counterarguments from the Ministry or local government.

Dnevnik.hr logoDnevnik.hrIndependentCenter
Cameras from the Nova TV news program were the first to enter the factory that has been the subject of months of protests by local residents: "The process is safe, the system is closed."

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has initiated oversight measures regarding a lithium factory in Gospić after acknowledging a previous error in failing to require an environmental impact study. Residents have been complaining about the facility for months, prompting the ministry to now mandate the creation of the missing assessment. In response to these regulatory actions, the factory owners dismissed concerns about environmental dangers, asserting that their production process is safe and operates within a closed system.

Bias read (Center): The article neutrally reports the conflict between residents and the factory, citing both the government's admission of procedural errors and the owners' technical defense without using loaded language.

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