The country has seen weeks of protests sparked by a contract signed with Canadian mining firm First Quantum Minerals

According to a report from the Rosario Stock Exchange, it will grow six times more than in Chile and three times more than in Australia

The goal is that 50% of each battery be locally produced

Fernanda Ávila talked about the sector’s importance on the publication’s most recent panel

A flurry of mining projects and production expansions means production could hit 120,000 tonnes in 2024

President Fernández and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen signed a memorandum of understanding on sustainable value chains

The government will send a bill to Congress with a lithium industrialization strategy that includes local market quotas, but no state intervention

Production will start in June at the Exar mining company’s Olaroz-Cauchari project, in Jujuy, an investment of almost US$1 billion.

Mining business leaders met at the Arminera international fair in La Rural