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Subject: Lithium Mining in Carinthia – Court Hearing Reveals Deficiencies in Official RulingAuthority Notably AbsentVienna (OTS) –
According to the environmental organization VIRUS, which has significant experience with Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), the court hearing at the Federal Administrative Court concerning the Lithium mining project in Carinthia concluded yesterday after eight hours with no final decision.

Spokesperson Wolfgang Rehm stated:“It is clear that the Carinthian state government, which failed to appear at the hearing, conducted an inadequate investigation as the responsible authority. It is currently out of the question that the court will simply uphold the ruling which denied the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).”

Possible Outcomes:As a result, the following scenarios are possible:
The ruling (that no EIA is needed) may be overturned, and the court may confirm that an EIA is required.The case may be sent back to the authority (i.e., the Carinthian government) for further action.
Alternatively, the Federal Administrative Court could continue its own investigation and conduct a case-by-case assessment, especially considering the cumulative effects with other projects. If so, there will be another court hearing.

Criticism of the Project:VIRUS emphasized that the lithium mining project, located on the Carinthia-Styria border, has so far gained public attention mostly through grandiose and evidently unrealistic claims made by the project’s operators. These operators are:

- No longer listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
- Previously sanctioned by the Austrian Financial Market Authority.
Furthermore, Rehm criticized:The sale of mining rights by the Austrian state for a merely symbolic amount, calling it politically mismanaged and long forgotten.The former Minister for Mining, Elisabeth Köstinger, who gave uncritical praise to the project, which he labels a failure.Claims about creating numerous jobs are seen as wishful thinking, especially since the processing of the lithium has been relocated from Lavanttal (Austria) to Saudi Arabia—effectively nullifying those employment promises.
“Recently, the project operators have been making promotional claims that they are operating a fully licensed mine. As our legal challenge alone makes clear, that’s obviously not true,”
Rehm concluded.Key Takeaways:The court is highly skeptical about the legitimacy of the current permit that allowed the project to proceed without an EIA.The Carinthian government is being criticized for procedural failures and for not even showing up to the hearing.The mining company is facing credibility issues, with past regulatory sanctions and possibly misleading public statements.Public benefits like job creation are being challenged, especially due to the offshoring of the processing phase.