News of rio

Uruguay alert shows potentially toxic cyanobacteria

23-01-2025 11:37 A large algae bloom at the Río Negro Basin in Uruguay could impact the country's agricultural sector.

Bullrich announces arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

16-01-2025 09:51 Nine-month investigation ends with arrest of 24-year-old in General Roca; Argentina’s security minister claims that “terrorist represented a concrete threat to national security" and was planning major attacks across nation.

lithium mining

Rio Tinto to invest US$2.5 billion in lithium production

13-12-2024 13:24 Anglo-Australian mining giant announces US$2.5-billion investment in Rincón project in Salta Province, with chief executive praising Milei’s reforms and RIGI scheme.

WORLD

G20 summit ends with Ukraine blame game

19-11-2024 20:56 As the G20 summit wraps up, here are some of the main takeaways from the summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei is gleefully playing the role of spoiler at Lula’s G20

18-11-2024 10:11 On the orders of President Javier Milei, Argentine diplomats have thrown a wrench into last-minute talks meant to reach consensus on the communiqué world leaders are set to sign at the G20 summit in Brazil.

Lithoim market

Rio Tinto arrives in lithium with a survival-of-the-fittest mentality

10-10-2024 07:58 Rio Tinto has assumed a survival-of-the-fittest mentality in the lithium industry – as prices have fallen, it has sought to buyout a once coveted producer at a steep discount.

Economy & World

Rio Tinto expands lithium bet with biggest deal since 2007

09-10-2024 14:15 Rio Tinto Group has agreed to purchase Arcadium Lithium Plc in an all-cash deal valuing the US-listed miner at US$6.7 billion.

Economy

Rio Tinto makes approach to buy lithium producer Arcadium

07-10-2024 07:57 Rio Tinto group, world’s second-largest miner, makes preliminary move to acquire Arcadium Lithium, producers with operations in Argentina, China, Canada and Australia.

OIL & GAS

YPF chooses Río Negro, not Buenos Aires Province, for new LNG plant

31-07-2024 17:46 Bahía Blanca was one of the areas being considered to house the ambitious project which will require between US$30 billion and US$50 billion; Decision is a major blow for nation's most populous region.

OBITUARY

Gregorio Pérez Companc, one of Argentina’s richest men, dies at 89

14-06-2024 13:20 Gregorio Pérez Companc, who helped transform the face of Argentina’s corporate world with investments from telecommunications to farming and oil, which made him a billionaire, has died aged 89.

ENVIRONMENT

Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro

18-03-2024 10:58 A heat wave stifling Brazil set new records on Sunday, with Rio de Janeiro's heat index hitting 62.3 degrees Celsius, the highest in a decade.

Human rights

Rio carnival group pays tribute to wronged hero of black history

07-02-2024 11:25 Paraíso do Tuiuti's carnival song is a tribute to João Candido, a sailor in the Brazilian navy who led a revolt against slave-like conditions on ships.

Culture

Taylor Swift fan dies at Eras Tour stop in Rio

19-11-2023 18:29 “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this,” says star in response to news.

HUMAN RIGHTS & ART

Pablo: the disappeared child who walks on waters of River Plate

18-11-2023 07:20 From the Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires, an ever steeper path winds up to the shoreline of the River Plate. In the distance, in the water, a child can be seen floating with his back turned, ebbing and flowing with the tide. The story of a unique statue, entitled ‘Reconstrucción del retrato de Pablo Míguez.'

by Sabrina Chemen

MINING & INDUSTRY

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.

LOOTING ATTACKS

Inflation or politics? Nation hit by wave of looting

24-08-2023 17:28 Since last Friday, groups of people, sometimes dozens at a time, have forced their way into supermarkets and other stores. But who's behind the unrest?

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ex-Molinos executive arrested for role in dictatorship crimes

06-07-2023 00:52 Emilio Parodi, 82, arrested at home in Vicente López for alleged crimes against humanity; Former manager of Molinos Río de La Plata food company being investigated for role in kidnapping and disappearance of 23 workers during the era of state terrorism.

CURRENCY WOES

Chileans, Uruguayans cross border to take advantage of low prices

04-05-2023 18:27 Citizens from neighbouring countries cross borders to go shopping; Increased visitor numbers seen in Mendoza, Río Negro and Entre Ríos as day-trippers cash in on currency woes.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

PRO or provincial?

21-04-2023 09:56 Does the end of six decades of one-party rule in Neuquén mark a new era for the province now and for the nation later this year?

by Michael Soltys

ELECTIONS 2023

‘Historic triumph’ in Neuquén governor’s race as MPN loses power

17-04-2023 00:58 Notable results in gubernatorial races in twin Patagonian provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro as 2023 elections get underway; MPN loses control of Neuquén after 60 years in power as Rolando Figueroa secures victory; Alberto Weretilneck returns in Río Negro after four-year absence.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Of palindromes and black rivers (and this city)

15-04-2023 06:36 It’s impossible to ignore the fireworks over this city’s electoral system, but we should also cast an eye down south – this year’s voting begins in earnest with tomorrow’s provincial elections in Neuquén and Río Negro.

by Michael Soltys

ENERGY

Stellantis buys into Argentina copper in race for battery metals

27-02-2023 14:21 Stellantis NV is buying into a firm run by mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen, potentially giving the automaker access to a giant copper deposit in Argentina as the race for metals used in electric vehicles heats up.

CARNAVAL RETURNS

'Rebirth' in Rio as carnaval street parties return

14-02-2023 11:14 This year marks the full comeback of the world's biggest carnival, and the first since the election loss of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right conservative whose critics accuse him of authoritarian tendencies and attacking numerous causes close to the carnival community's heart, from diversity to gay rights to the arts.