Argentina sees lithium and copper exports at $32.7bn in ten years

Argentina expects to export $12.1-billion worth of lithium and $20.6-billion worth of copper in ten years, up from $6-billion in mining exports last year, the South American country's mining minister Luis Lucero said on Wednesday.

The projected surge in lithium and copper exports is an early indication that President Javier Milei's RIGI investment incentive scheme is unlocking large-scale mining capital. If realized, those export levels would be more than five times the country’s mining exports in 2025, providing a major new source of hard currency for an economy historically constrained by
foreign-exchange shortages.