Glencore and Rio Tinto in Preliminary Talks Over a Potential Merger
An analysis of the companies’ common ground—and the role Argentina could play in a possible corporate combination.
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The company outlined the phased development of its integrated copper project in San Juan and reaffirmed its long-term commitment. Investments are being channeled through the RIGI framework, under the Strategic Export Project category.
Unico Silver reported assay results from 31 drill holes at its 100%-owned Joaquin Project, confirming extensive shallow oxide silver-gold mineralization and supporting a direct transition toward a Pre-Feasibility Study–level mineral resource estimate.
The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese technology firm Xi’an Lanshen to advance the feasibility stage of its lithium brine project in Salta, with a focus on direct lithium extraction and industrial scalability.
A judicial ruling in Mendoza rejected all precautionary injunctions against the PSJ Cobre Mendocino project, reaffirming the validity of its environmental approval and setting limits on the use of precautionary measures in mining-related litigation.
The Formentera Project continues to advance exploration activities in Jujuy, with new drilling results, brine sampling, and technical studies reinforcing its potential for lithium and borates at depth.
MARA supported a municipal job training initiative in Santa María aimed at strengthening women’s participation in local productive activities and promoting inclusive community development.
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Cauchari-Olaroz closed 2025 with strong operating performance in Jujuy, reaching the upper end of annual production guidance and setting a new quarterly production record in the fourth quarter.
Technical data from Mendoza’s provincial water system show that agricultural use concentrates the greatest demand, while the real deficit lies in long-standing problems of infrastructure and water management rather than mining activity.
The Province of Jujuy has created its own Ministry of Mining as an institutional move aimed at elevating the sector’s strategic importance, strengthening its role in the local economy, and consolidating a more robust framework for attracting investment, with José Gómez appointed as the first head of the new ministry.
As part of its commitment to local development, Glencore Pachón announced the 25 finalist projects selected for the fourth edition of the Fondo Impulso Emprendedor Program, an initiative aimed at strengthening entrepreneurship and productive capacity in Calingasta, San Juan.
Environmental approval for the access road to El Seguro marks a key step forward in the Malargüe Western Mining District, while raising questions about the future of the state-led anchor project once the infrastructure works are completed.
The call covers the contracting of logistics services at the mining and industrial complex located in Belén, Catamarca, with bid opening scheduled for February 2026.
After years of underfunding, Mendoza’s Mining Directorate is undergoing a significant budgetary expansion that signals a shift in provincial public policy and a renewed role for the State in governing mining development.
Designed as a long-term logistics and services hub, Pata Mora seeks to provide the infrastructure and planning needed to support mining, energy and industrial development in southern Mendoza, helping transform geological potential into sustained productive growth.
The strengthening of environmental and mining oversight throughout 2025 has brought long-standing practices into sharp focus, forcing a redefinition of technical and safety standards in one of the most widespread segments of the province’s mining activity.
Patagonia Gold Corp. provided an update on the construction of the Calcatreu project, the Company’s flagship project in the Province of Rio Negro.
Robert Trzebski, International Business Director at Austmine, reviews the origin and evolution of the organization that represents Australian METS.
The project had a single window of opportunity in 2019 and remains technically viable today, but is normatively blocked by Law 7,722.
From ArCham, its President Darío Bongiovanni highlights the bilateral growth in education and points to Western Australia as a mining model. Connectivity remains a pending challenge.
The early commissioning of the San Rafael Solar Park, progress on the El Quemado project, and the start of electrical studies for PSJ marks a turning point in energy infrastructure.
The new extractive cycle exposes historical gaps in connectivity, energy, and logistics, in a context where Chile already functions as the natural outlet for Argentine minerals.
The application of the water-use fee to exploration projects opens a key discussion on predictability, competitiveness, and clear rules in the return of provincial mining.
The governor stated that Mendoza province of has entered a process it had previously been unable to navigate, with environmental assessments, controls, and decision-making mechanisms now enabling progress.
The multi-agency oversight body verified technical and environmental compliance at the most advanced project within MDMO I, during the critical phase prior to diamond drilling.