LITHIUM AND COPPER WILL DRIVE METAL EXPORTS TO $10 BILLION BY 2027

Argentina's mining exports will more than double to around $10 billion in 2027 from some $4 billion this year, the country's Mining Secretary Luis Lucero said, driven by a spate of lithium projects coming online and a nascent push into copper.

Lucero said electric battery metal lithium would be the key driver of the mining export boom, with a batch of projects set to go into production later this year. The South American nation is making an aggressive push to cement itself as a key supplier of lithium and copper, both vital for the global drive to build renewable energy to power electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.

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