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 …
Gold mine investment
Newmont Corp, the world’s largest gold producer, plans to invest about US$540 million in its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina, the government said. The project will extend the mine’s life …
Immigration
Bearing the country’s complicated situation in mind, and unfavourable comparisons with other countries in the region with stabler economies such as Uruguay, not to mention Europe or elsewhere, why do …
Bank raids
On early May, Judge Pablo Yadarolá ordered court raids on some 20 banks to investigate suspected irregularities in import and export transactions, especially involving electronics, to obtain over US$700 million …
No re-election seek
President Alberto Fernández announced on April 28 that he will not run for second term in office, increasing uncertainty ahead of the October elections and throwing the race for the …
Leap forward
In times of economic instability, the bumbers thrown up by ADEFA (Asociación de Fabricantes de Automotores) industry group are far from trifling – local auto plants manufactured 61.104 vehicles in …
Easter Tourism
While yer-on-year monetary comparisons of tourist spending can be complex with the three digit inflation, comparing the numbers of tourists is starightforward enough and this ponts to a bumper Easter …
Seek for unitiy
The move is a shift from previous years, when the race for City Mayor has been decided in advance of national elections. Under the new format, voting will use …
Key agreement
Dow, the world’s leading material science company, has signed an agreement with PCR for acquiring 9MW of wind power, which will enable the Bahia Blanca industrial complex to increase its …
Doom & Gloom
While local forecasts of the drought damage to grain harvests are dire enough, they are enough, they are undershooting the impact, according to the United States government’s Agriculture Department. Their …
Trade & Finance
President Alberto Fernández met with Brazilian leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Brasília with talks focusing on financing for imports and exports. Argentina’s head of state arrived in the …
Massa bets on IMF
In the midst of the financial turmoil facing the government, Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa is seeking to reassure the markets and anchor soaring parallel exchange rates. The minister is …