Russian spies
The suspected Russian spies arrested early this year in Slovenia and resident in Argentina until last year have been identified, according to a Federal Police report delivered to federal judge …
Up & Running
The Néstor Kirchner pipeline was duly launched on June 20, Flag Day, on the eve of winter, but with rather less fanfare than originally planned, taking the form of a …
Not so Juntos
A summit meeting of the Juntos por el Cambio opposition coalition gathering the heads of member parties had to be adjourned the first week of June without even progressing to …
The big chill
With the coming winter, broad swathes of the country were shivering throughout mid-June with the Weather Bureau issuing a series of yellow alerts for nine provinces apart from this city. …
Strategies
The CEOs of four leading energy companies debated at the Midstream & Gas Day, organised by EconoJournal, the most convenient medium-term strategies in terms of production and infrastructure, to take …
Arduous path
The government introduced a draft bill to promote investment in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction plants. It came after Argentina’s state-controlled oil company YPF signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Petronas …
Transmission works
The Energy Secretariat said that 7 new electricity transmission works will be completed in June in Buenos Aires and Misiones. They are in addition to 12 other works that have …
Off to Washington
Economy Minister Sergio Massa will be joining a mission of his economic team in Washington the second week of June, in ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to …
Next World Cup
The United States might be the destination of Lionel Messi to play next season in Inter Miami as from July, but not where the 2026 World Cup in the USA, …
First gas fracturer
YPF and Schlumberger (SLB) have begun testing a prototype natural gas fracturing rig in the Loma Campana field in Vaca Muerta that, if successful, will save millions of litres of …
Stellantis in Argentina
The global automotive giant Stellantis, which manufactures Fiat, Peugeot, Citroën, Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Dodge, Opel and Maserati, among others, has entered the renewable energy business in Argentina. Although it …
Mining investment
Argentina ranked third in the region in the 2022 mining exploration investment ranking, according to a June report prepared by the Mining Secretariat based on information from S&P Capital, which …
Financial ranking
Grupo Albanesi, an Argentinean electricity generation company and the country’s main natural gas trader, informed that the risk rating agency FIX has upgraded the Group’s financial rating. Thus, the rating …
Global lithium ranking
Chile, the second-largest supplier of lithium, expects to lose more market share to Australia and Argentina over the next decade, relegating it to third place in the global production rankings. …
WMO – Celeste Saulo
The World Meteorological Organization voted for Argentina’s Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO’s critical global role in tracking climate change. Saulo, a WMO vice-president …
Pulitzer Prize
Argentine writer, Hernán Díaz, 50, who grew up in Swedish exile and has been living in the United States for the past few decades, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction …
Announcements
City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta made two high-profile announcements on May 30. Firstly, he confirmed that his Government Minister Jorge Macri would be PRO centre-right party’s sole mayoral candidate in …
Protection prize
The ninth Indianapolis Prize, considered the equivalent of a Nobel award in the field of animal conservation and worth US$250,000, has gone to Mar del Plata biologist and CONICET (Consejo …
Billion dollar deal
Autralian lithium miner, Allkem Ltd., has agreed to acquire US rival, Livent Corp., in an all-stock deal that will create US$10.6-billion producer, as the sector continues consolidating amid surging demand …
“Game-changer”
International Monetary Fund spokesperson gives little away about talks over redrawing of multi-billion-debt deal in wake of historic drought, rebuffing questions in from reporters over whether delivery of funds will …