Rio Tinto Wins Approval for $2.5B Argentina Lithium Project

Rio Tinto wins approval for $2.5B Argentina lithium project

Argentina Creates Investment Safe Haven: Mining Giant Rio Tinto First to Dive In

Argentina just approved its first mining project under a groundbreaking new system designed to shield big investors from the country’s rocky economy. The government confirmed that Rio Tinto, a major global mining company, will invest $2.7 billion to produce lithium in northwestern Argentina. This marks a significant milestone for Argentina’s Incentive Regime for Large Investments […]

Strong questions about the logistical challenge. Search for a system of concessions. Industry celebration for the approval of the first lithium project in the RIGI of the company Río Tinto. Read more

Lithium Triangle region remains strategic amid uncertainties and trade disputes – by Anne Barbosa (S&P Global – May 20, 2025)

https://www.spglobal.com/ Despite the recent tariff agreement between China and the United States, the ongoing trade dispute continues to create global uncertainties and may affect tax revenue and employment in the Lithium Triangle of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. However, it also presents opportunities, specialists told Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights. Manuel Viera Flores, president of the Chilean Mining Chamber, said ...

In the midst of growing questions about the big investment incentive regime (RIGI), the governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, publicly welcomed the approval of the country’s first mining project under this scheme, by the multinational Rio Tinto, in the Salar de Rincón department, Los Andes. “From the North, Salta is consolidated as a responsible mining leader,” said Sáenz, highlighting the generation of jobs and the promise of economic growth for th…

Argentina approves $2.5B Rio Tinto lithium mining project

Rincon becomes the first mining project under Argentina's new investment incentive regime.