The government is focusing on lithium, the mineral of the future, given its importance in energy transition. They consider sending a bill package to Congress to industrialize it in order …
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Industrializing lithium: a “Chilean model” with market quotas and business incentives
A delegation from the Economy Ministry will travel to Brasilia to move forward with the fine print of the bilateral agenda with Brazil, following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s …
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Argentina’s only sodium carbonate producer, Alpat, expands to join lithium chain
The company Alcalis de la Patagonia (Alpat), the only producer of sodium carbonate in South America, has launched an investment plan of US$250 million. Located in Río Negro, the company …
The Economy Ministry, headed by Sergio Massa, has moved forward with the elimination of a benefit that lithium exporting companies in Argentina used to enjoy. Starting this year, mining companies …
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La Rioja lithium law sparks dispute amid public and private sector resource wrangle
Business groups have called on La Rioja provincial government not to pass a law declaring lithium a strategic resource and suspending exploration permits. The dispute reflects broader debates on extraction …
