News of mining

Analysing Argentina’s bid to boost Vaca Muerta natural gas exports

30-11-2024 05:18 A look at the challenges facing President Javier Milei’s government as it attempts to consolidate the natural gas exports from the vast Vaca Muerta formation.

Millennial mining heirs bet the family business on Argentine copper

25-10-2024 11:14 As demand for clean energy surges, family-owned companies, including those led by the next-generation Lundin family heirs, are taking control of critical mineral resources across the Americas and Europe.

Lithium start-ups bet on high demand in battery-powered future

30-08-2024 11:33 Despite oversupply today, novel lithium extraction techniques will be key to the energy transition even as companies struggle with cost competitiveness.

Paraguay's abundant hydropower draws crypto miners, legal and not

30-08-2024 11:02 In the Paraguayan city of Hernandarias, a data centre with rows upon rows of supercomputers stands as a testament to a burgeoning crypto-mining sector attracted by the country's abundance of cheap, green electricity.

Ex-Energy and Mining secretary Flavia Royón: 'RIGI is necessary’

06-06-2024 00:50 Former Energy & Mining secretary in Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei governments says RIGI investment incentive scheme is “necessary to develop LNG, hydrogen and mining projects.”

Giant lithium partnership created in Chile with Codelo-SQM deal

31-05-2024 18:37 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium.

Advancing US-Argentine energy and minerals cooperation

30-04-2024 16:13 Argentina's energy security and decarbonisation pathway will only be enhanced by deeper collaboration with the United States, write Jeremy M. Martin & Raúl Bertero.

Who wants to ‘exploit’ Argentina?

30-03-2024 06:43 The business establishment, here and abroad, are keeping a close eye on whether Milei and his team can deliver on governance – and whether they can do it soon.

by Marcelo J. García

Milei looks to cut costs for miners in broader deregulation push

21-12-2023 20:22 President Javier Milei wants to turn Argentina’s lithium and copper rush into an investment bonanza — starting with cutting red-tape.

Billionaire Paolo Rocca has a Plan B for lithium if alpha bid fails

11-10-2023 08:10 Billionaire Paolo Rocca’s oil drilling unit will enter the lithium business one way or another.

Mendoza Province narrows search for US$1-billion potash investor

04-09-2023 14:28 Mendoza Province has narrowed its search for a company to revive development of the Rio Colorado potash mine, a decade after Vale SA pulled out of the project.

Lithium players race for breakthrough to meet electric car demand

30-08-2023 11:50 Dozens of firms aim to prove sceptics wrong as they push ahead with new lithium extraction methods.

Newmont to invest US$540 million in gold mine, Argentina says

31-05-2023 20:54 Newmont Corp, the world's largest gold producer, plans to invest about US$540 million in its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina.

Emerging lithium supplier Argentina says it’s close to US deal under IRA

24-05-2023 09:41 Argentina, one of the world’s fastest-growing lithium producers, says it could soon gain access to the US market.

Lundin weighs strategic partner for copper project in Argentina

29-03-2023 12:07 Lundin Mining Corp is in talks with prospective partners for a copper deposit in Argentina as the industry battles to meet demand for the wiring metal in the shift away from fossil fuels.

Lithium boom delivers job growth to Argentina’s mining industry

28-03-2023 15:09 National industry industry has now recorded 28 consecutive months of job creation growth, with more than 37,000 workers now employed in the sector.

South America steps up efforts to turn lithium into batteries

06-03-2023 14:22 Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil plan to coordinate action on turning more of the region’s mined lithium into battery chemicals, as well as moving into manufacturing of batteries and EVs.

Rio battles high-bidding carmakers in hunt for lithium deals

22-02-2023 12:12 Rio Tinto Group, one of the world’s most profitable companies, faces a tough battle to grow its lithium business, with some of the biggest carmakers seeming to be willing to outbid it for a “very expensive” price.