Mining Exports: Metallic Minerals Lead, Lithium Holds Second Place
In November 2025, Argentina’s mining sector remained resilient, with metallic minerals leading exports and lithium consolidating its strategic position despite monthly volatility.
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PSJ Cobre Mendocino became the project that validated, in practice, the new provincial mining policy by progressing within the constraints of Law 7,722. A story that began in January 2025 and culminated in December with a political endorsement enabling unprecedented advancement.
The Government of Salta and mining company Rio Tinto are strengthening a joint working agenda aimed at consolidating the Rincón Lithium project as a cornerstone of mining, productive, and territorial development in Northwestern Argentina (NOA).
The Government of San Juan is carrying out a new edition of the Verano Tech 2026 program, a technological training initiative aimed at children and adolescents that, for the first time, is being implemented in mining departments of the province.
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San Juan is positioning itself as one of the leading provinces in metal mining in Argentina, with exploration as a central pillar of its present and future development. Exploratory activity plays a key role in the identification of resources, the evaluation of their economic viability, and the reduction of risks prior to productive investment.
Control of raw materials, transport traceability, and the new regulatory framework for industrial plants redefine the functioning of the sector.
Latin Metals announced this week its intention to position the project located in the province of Salta during 2026, with the aim of finding a new partner and advancing with Phase 1 drilling. The announcement was issued just days before the expiration of the contract with AngloGold Ashanti, on January 27.
With the inclusion of the Deep Carbonates project in the RIGI, Aisa Group reaffirms its long-term focus aimed at converting large investments into sustainable development, skilled employment, and innovation for Argentina.
HIDRO-GRUBERT together with PALFINGER are preparing to take a qualitative leap in the mining business. With full integration into the Austrian group and a proposal that combines local production, advanced technology and after-sales service nationwide, the leading company in the truck-mounted crane segment foresees a strong 2026.
In an exclusive conversation with Panorama Minero, the VP Operations & Country Manager of Finning Argentina analysed the challenges and opportunities currently facing the mining sector.
Calcatreu Project is located in Rio Negro, a province of the Patagonia region.
Phase V Results To Be Incorporated into Updated Mineral Resource Estimate and DFS.
Mining has consolidated its position as the most dynamic source of formal private employment in Jujuy, over the past decade. According to a labor market report covering 2015–2024, the sector recorded 52% cumulative employment growth, outpacing industry in job creation, wages, and demand for skilled labor.
Cormine prepares for a structural transformation as the province promotes regulatory tools aimed at organizing and modernizing mining activity.
PANORAMA MINERO interviewed Mr. Erik Høeg, Ambassador of the European Union to the Argentine Republic. The diplomat expects a deepening of the commercial relationship based on Argentina’s critical minerals.
The treatment of thousands of uranium waste drums in Mendoza stands as a reference case in a context where nuclear energy is re-emerging on the medium-term horizon.
Stephen Durkin, CEO of AusIMM – The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy – discusses initiatives to attract new professionals to Australia’s mining industry, the emergence of AI, and the increasing presence of women in the sector.
The in-field program aims to assess the long-term performance and scalability of DLE technology at the Catamarca-based lithium operation.
The Electrification industrial plant in Bella Vista (Tucumán province) received ABB’s global sustainability certification, “Mission to Zero”, becoming one of the first 35 out of ABB’s 170 production sites worldwide to achieve this recognition.
Targa Exploration Corp. announced that three additional exploration concessions have been granted for the El Zanjon gold-silver project, located in Santa Cruz province.
NGEx Minerals reported new high-grade copper-gold-silver drill results from its Phase 4 program at the Lunahuasi project in San Juan province, where eight drill rigs are currently operating.