Argentina's Mendoza province open to mining and will build country’s first new copper mine since 1997 - Fastmarkets

Argentina's Mendoza province open to mining and will build country’s first new copper mine since 1997 - Fastmarkets

Argentina produces just 4,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of copper, while its neighbour Chile mines 5.5million tpy of the red metal every year. But the problem, Cornejo says, isn’t a lack of copper. “Our province borders Chile, and we share the copper-rich Andes with that country,” he said. “In fact, Chile’s best mining projects sit directly across the border from Mendoza, and our province has four important copper belts running through it.” Argentin…