News of production

Corn up to US$5 a bushel and soybeans spike

06-01-2021 14:50 Maize climbed to US$5 a bushel and soybeans rallied for a sixth day, driving both crops to fresh six-year highs, as farmer protests and dry weather pose threat to supplies.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Industry down 7.1% in August year-on-year, says INDEC

08-10-2020 19:22 Around 54 percent of local manufacturers operated normally in August, with 45.9% working only partially or inactive, says INDEC.

BLOOMBERG

Economic recovery stalls with industry declining

08-10-2020 15:18 Industrial production fell 0.9% in August compared to July and 7.1% from the previous year, according to official data.

TECH & MEDIA

Journalism, beware of Google’s billion-dollar siren calls!

03-10-2020 08:40 The largest threat for Google and Facebook, and Big Tech in general, is regulation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

PERIODISMO PURO | INTERVIEW

Santiago Cafiero: ‘Macri sought to blame Argentine society for his own failures.’

12-09-2020 08:46 In a feature-length interview, Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero discusses Peronism past and present, the opposition, and what lies ahead for Argentina in the next two years.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

HUNT FOR VACCINE

AstraZeneca pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

08-09-2020 21:54 Pharmaceutical company says it has"voluntarily paused" a randomised clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine, in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Argentina to co-produce coronavirus vaccine with Mexico

12-08-2020 17:48 President Alberto Fernández confirms Argentina and Mexico will co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and Swedish-British pharma firm AstraZeneca.

Coronavirus pandemic

Automobile industry restarts production with limited shifts

27-05-2020 16:26 Sector returns to work after receiving authorisation from the government to restart production with limited shift patterns.

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Environment more sustainable than development in pandemic

09-05-2020 10:28 The problem of climate change has been overtaken by the pandemic but when we can finally forget about coronavirus, we should not forget climate change.

by Michael Soltys

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Juan Cabandié: ‘We all have to move toward more sustainable practices’

09-05-2020 10:09 Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Juan Cabandié says the post-pandemic world needs a “new social and environmental order that contemplates new methods of production,” in an exclusive interview.

by Fermin Koop

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Production in a context of reduction

02-05-2020 10:58 Although always working with centre-left administrations, Kulfas has no political militancy or factional loyalty with his presence in the Cabinet entirely due to his personal links to President Fernández, as a leading member of his Grupo Callao think tank.

by Michael Soltys

Nationwide lockdown

Nine provinces granted exemptions from nationwide lockdown

24-04-2020 14:27 The nine are Entre Ríos, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Neuquén, Jujuy and La Pampa.

Drug Trade

US report: Colombia coca production still at record high

06-03-2020 12:07 The Trump administration has encouraged the Colombian government to ramp-up its efforts of curbing production through arial herbicide spraying.

AGRO POLICY

Farmers unions call four-day strike after rise in soy duties

05-03-2020 21:56 Four producers' unions say they will halt grain and livestock trading for four days and go on strike, starting from Monday, in response to a rise in duties imposed by President Alberto Fernández.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Industry and construction continue free fall

09-01-2020 10:17 Data indicates industrial production slumped by 4.5% in November – 19th consecutive month of decline.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

Kulfas praises businesses as government re-launches Precios Cuidados

08-01-2020 17:46 Government re-launches price-controls scheme with a list of 310 items, which includes "leading brand" products "at reasonable prices," according to officials.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Auto industry decline underlined by 32.5% drop in production in 2019

07-01-2020 09:12 Automobile production fell 32.5% in 2019 in Argentina compared to the previous year, with just 314,787 units manufactured – the sector's lowest level since 2004.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s shale trove risks staying buried, oil chiefs say

12-11-2019 11:21 Drillers in Argentina are scared that interventionist economic policies will foil the world’s next big shale hope.

LABOUR UNREST

Aerolíneas Argentinas reaches 'agreement in principle' with pilots

10-10-2019 10:01 Accord with APLA pilots union expected to be endorsed by the Labour Ministry today, but one other grouping remains at odds with carriers.

BLOOMBERG

Energy companies would likely bear cost of Fernández’s utilities shift

01-10-2019 16:29 Energy companies would likely be made to pay for Alberto Fernández’s move to slow hikes in electricity and natural gas prices.

VACA MUERTA

Gas, petrol production at Vaca Muerta reaches new high

06-07-2019 09:15 Oil and natural gas production hit a record high in May, the government revealed this week, thanks to a rise in “non-conventional” output at Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation.

CORN HARVEST

Corn to surpass soybean production this year, says Argentina

06-07-2019 09:00 For the first time in two decades, maize production in Argentina will surpass soybean production this year, the government has predicted.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Industrial output fell 8.8% year-on-year in April

05-06-2019 17:32 Bureau registers 12th consecutive month of decline for industrial output. Production has slumped by 10.6% in the first four months of the year.

INTERVIEW: PRODUCTION & LABOUR MINISTER

Dante Sica: 'Business leaders are reporting higher sales than expected'

28-05-2019 15:28 Production and Labour Minister Dante Sica insists government is focused on reform package as economic indicators show few signs of any major pre-election upturn.

by Patricia Valli