RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Argentina’s mining exports reached US$3.23 billion in 2021, an amount that represents an increase of 23.3% over the previous year.
Employment of companies in the sector reached 31,323 average annual jobs, a value that was 2.7% higher than the previous year, according to a report by the Mining Secretariat.
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The report also stated that mining exports in December registered an increase of 39.8% over the value of the same month of the previous year, a period in which there was an upward trend in the foreign currency generated by the exports of the main commodities.
Among the performance of metals, gold exports increased by 43.9% and silver by 227.2% with respect to December 2020, while lithium exports grew by 202.3% with respect to the same month of the previous year, driven by Chinese demand.
The main mineral exporting provinces were Catamarca (US$114.4 million), Jujuy (US$361.6 million), San Juan (US$845.51 million) and Santa Cruz (US$1.616 billion).