Argentina

A U.S. Judge on Monday temporarily halted the enforcement of an order requiring Argentina's 51% stake in oil company YPF as partial satisfaction of a $16.1 Billion court judgment. The U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska's decision in Manhattan provides temporary relief for the cash-strapped South American nation, which warned that its economy would be unstable if it was forced to give up YPF's stake. Preska had originally scheduled a turnover for Monday but extended the deadline until July 17 in order to give time to appeal. Argentine president Javier Milei is trying to boost foreign currency reserves, rein in...

According to a Thursday court filing, Argentina has filed notice of its appeal against a U.S. ruling ordering the country to surrender the 51% stake in the state energy company YPF. The notice was filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and appeals a Judge Loretta Preska's decision requiring Argentina hand over shares in partial satisfaction of a $16.1 billion judgment over the state takeover in 2012 of YPF. The case revolves around Argentina's seizure by Repsol of a 51 percent stake in YPF without making a bid to minority shareholders Petersen Energia Inversora...

The Argentinian Government has requested that the High Court of London halt the enforcement of a United States court judgement of more than $16 billion over the expropriation by the oil and gas firm YPF pending the outcome of an appeal filed in the U.S. In 2023, the South American nation was ordered to pay minorities shareholders $16 billion as a result of its seizure in 2012 of a 51 percent stake in YPF owned by Spain's Repsol. This occurred without any tendering by minority investors. Petersen Energia Inversora, Eton Park Capital Management and Burford Capital were able to win...

Sylvia dos Anjos, head of exploration and production at Petrobras, said that the company is looking for opportunities in Argentina and is also advancing projects in Colombia and Africa. Anjos, speaking at the CERAWeek Conference in Houston, said that the gas from the Vaca-Muerta region could be of interest to Petrobras, as a pipeline linking Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil can be used to transport the gas. She said the company could also search for oil opportunities abroad, since Petrobras is actively seeking to replenish its reserves of oil through overseas projects due to difficulties in obtaining environmental permits to drill...

J.P. Morgan has said that equity markets in Argentina, Turkey and other countries could see returns of over 20% this year. This is due to policy reforms designed to reduce inflation. In a note published on Tuesday, J.P. Morgan analysts said that the lifting of capital controls could be a positive for Argentina. They also noted that Turkey's continued path towards lower inflation and interest rates may boost its equity market. According to JPM estimates, Argentina's Merval index is currently trading at nine-times its 12-month price-to earnings (PE) ratio. The BIST 100 Index in Turkey trades at seven-times. Both indexes...

Argentina's government has privatized metallurgical firm IMPSA, the economy ministry stated on Wednesday, marking its first privatization considering that libertarian President Javier Milei took power just over a year ago guaranteeing to diminish the state. The company's shares will be moved to the U.S.-based consortium Industrial Acquisition Fund (IAF), whose leading partner is Arc Energy, according to an official announcement on Wednesday. A government commission evaluated quotes for IMPSA's sale and recommended awarding shares held by provincial and national governments to the IAF consortium. Milei campaigned on pledges to downsize Argentina's government by cutting and privatizing state-owned companies state financing...

Brazil and Argentina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday to study the advancement of infrastructure for natural gas exports to Brazil, according to a source near to the matter. The MOU will create a working group to identify the steps needed to make the supply of gas from Argentina to Brazil practical, with emphasis on gas from Argentina's huge Vaca Muerta development, Brazil's Energy Ministry said in a statement revealing the agreement was to be signed. The working group will evaluate possible paths for the gas to reach Brazil, including the turnaround of flow of Bolivia's. pipeline, a...

A trade contract in between the European Union and Mercosur countries, which includes a. significant area on farming, has triggered demonstrations from. EU farmers who argue farm imports from South America do not meet. European requirements. The agreement dating from 2019 and published on the. Commission website has yet to be embraced. It includes the. facility of import quotas of specific farming products. from Mercosur nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay. and Uruguay, either duty complimentary or at lowered levy. The agreement would also give EU farmers increased access to. South American markets which could enhance exports of products. such as...

A group of previous leaders and climate specialists said the annual U.N. police officer climate talks were no longer suitable for function and needed to be reformed, releasing a. crucial open letter midway through what has actually up until now been a. fractious summit. Almost 200 nations are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan with a. main goal of agreeing a new target for how much cash needs. to be provided to assist developing nations adapt to environment. modification and recuperate from destructive weather. Up until now those talks have actually made little development. Delegates struggled for hours on the opening day...

A group of previous leaders and environment experts stated the annual U.N. police officer environment talks were no longer suitable for purpose and required to be reformed, publishing a. crucial open letter midway through what has actually up until now been a. fractious summit. Almost 200 nations are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan with a. main goal of agreeing a new target for how much money needs. to be provided to assist developing nations adjust to climate. modification and recuperate from harmful weather condition. So far those talks have made little progress. Delegates struggled for hours on the opening day to...

The cabinet chief to Argentine President Javier Milei cited oil major Shell as a. possible investor in a future liquefied gas (LNG). job to be run by the nation's state oil firm YPF. , according to paper La Nacion. Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos stated at an occasion that the. Anglo-Dutch giant has actually shown strong interest in a potential. investment in LNG together with YPF, according to La Nacion. Shell did not right away respond to an ask for remark. One LNG project led by YPF has already seen significant. advances. The $55 billion preliminary stage of the LNG tie-up...

Argentina likely had actually a. trade surplus for the tenth straight month in September under. libertarian President Javier Milei, helping to collect an internet. $ 16 billion in hard currency considering that he took office, analysts said. in a Reuters survey on Wednesday. The South American country, which is facing triple-digit. inflation, an unpleasant recession and depleted foreign currency. reserves, had a trade surplus of $1.28 billion in September, the. average expert price quote showed. That would add up to a net surplus of around $16.5 billion. since December, when Milei took workplace vowing a significant shake-up. of the economy....

Ternium, an American steelmaker with a large business in Mexico, demanded on Wednesday that the terms of a trade agreement for the region be strengthened ahead of a review. This was despite the current challenges posed by steel tariffs levied by President Donald Trump's government. Why it's important Steel products are subject to a 50% tariff on all shipments from Mexico into the U.S., but shipments from Mexico under the U.S. Mexico-Canada (USMCA), trade agreement, are exempted from tariffs. Last week, it was reported that the U.S. is negotiating with Mexico to reduce or remove steel tariffs for imports of...

The Argentine government approved on Tuesday a $2.5billion lithium mining project of Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto. This is the first mining project to be approved under a newly introduced investment incentive program. Daniel Gonzalez, the secretary for mining and energy coordination in Argentina, announced the approval of Rio Tinto’s Rincon project in northern Salta Province under the RIGI scheme at a press conference in Buenos Aires. The mining industry in Argentina has expressed concern over the delays in the approval of seven projects that have been submitted to the government after the RIGI programme was launched nine-months ago. Roberto Cacciola of...

Frank Monzon, a Peruvian miner, was well aware of the risks involved in his work. However the allure of gold deep within the Andean rock that covers the northern Pataz Province outweighed them. He and 12 other miners are now dead in the worst mining massacre in Peru's history. The authorities in Peru's gold rich north halted mining activities this week and sent the military in after the police recovered the bodies from the Lidmar Mine after they had been kidnapped and murdered by illegal miners a month ago. Lidmar worked in agreement with Poderosa, Peru’s second largest gold producer....

Eramet, a French mining company, maintained its full-year production targets on Thursday despite lower manganese and Nickel volumes which contributed to flat sales in the first quarter. The company reported quarterly sales adjusted to 742 million euros (842 million dollars) and said that sales volumes at its manganese mining in Gabon were down 15% on an annual basis due to a strike by workers and logistical issues at Owendo Port. Eramet, the Indonesian nickel ore miner, attributed this decline to destocking of local processing plants. The Chairwoman and CEO Christel Bories also attributed the "more difficult" than expected first quarter...

V.L., the Mines Secretary, said that India is looking at mining critical minerals in Zambia and Australia. Kantha Rao stated on Thursday that the fastest growing major economy in the world is looking to secure raw minerals such as lithium. Rao stated that companies like Coal India and ONGC Videsh explore critical minerals in Australia. India has been working to reduce its dependence on minerals like lithium, which is key for energy transition technologies. India is still developing the technology for processing lithium, a field dominated by China. Rao, in a press conference, said that the Zambian government had recently...

The Ganfeng lithium mining company in China has started producing lithium in its Mariana project, located in northern Argentina. This is the first of many new lithium projects that are underway in South America. Ganfeng, one of the largest producers of white metal in the world is used primarily to manufacture rechargeable batteries. The Mariana plant in Salta province represents an investment of $790 million and is capable of producing 20,000 metric tonnes of lithium chloride each year. This comes from the extraction of the Llullaillaco flat salt. Ganfeng spent another $190 million on a solar park that will support...

McEwen Copper is a Canadian subsidiary of McEwen Mining. It has requested to be included in an Argentine incentive program, which would provide significant tax breaks on its Los Azules Copper Project located in San Juan Province. McEwen intends to invest $2.7billion in the mine. The Argentine Government's Large Investment Incentive Regime has allocated $227 million to the project. This money will be used for the feasibility study of the mine, exploration work, and construction preparation. If approved, the company could invest an additional $2.5billion in the site for the construction of the mine and production facility under the incentives...

Production cutbacks by lithium companies in response to low costs for the metal have tightened supply forecasts, however a worldwide surplus is still expected for 2024 and 2025, Chilean copper commission Cochilco stated on Thursday. The global market was expected to post a surplus of 89,000 lots of lithium in 2024 and 141,000 lots in 2025, according to a. report from Cochilco, Chile's government firm for mining. studies. Chile is the world's second-biggest producer of lithium, a secret. part for electric vehicle batteries. U.S.-based Albemarle. and Chile's SQM are the only business. extracting lithium in the South American nation. The...

AngloAustralian mining huge Rio Tinto prepares to produce a. standalone lithium department after it closes its $6.7 billion. acquisition of Arcadium Lithium, according to an. internal memo seen . The strategy reflects how carefully connected Rio CEO Jakob Stausholm. and his management group believe lithium is to the business's. future and the high worth they put on Arcadium's engineers as. part of the offer. Arcadium's investors authorized the sale last month and. closing is anticipated by July. The new company, Rio Tinto Lithium, will assume control of. Rio's $2.5 billion Rincon job in Argentina however not its. controversial Jadar lithium...

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not confirmed these stories and does not attest their precision. Headings - HSBC evaluates retail banking outside UK and Hong Kong - De La Rue in talks over stake with Edi Truell-backed financiers - Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 bln in latest dedication to lithium - Lead overhauls charges for UK investors Introduction - HSBC is reviewing its retail banking operations outside the UK and Hong Kong, a move that might see it considerably downsize operations in nations including Mexico, as it seeks additional expense cuts. - Banknote...

Rio Tinto will invest $2.5. billion to increase production capability at its Argentina lithium. project, it said on Thursday, as it seeks to cement its position. as one of the world's most significant miners of the battery metal. The investment follow's Rio's takeover of Arcadium Lithium. in a $6.7 billion deal announced in October, and as. prices of the metal utilized in electrical cars (EVs) are damaged. by Chinese oversupply and slowdown in EV sales. Following the purchase of Arcadium, Rio is on track to. become the world's 3rd largest lithium miner, behind leader. Albemarle and Chile's SQM. As part...

Argentina's mining exports are anticipated to increase nearly 6% this year, raised by more lithium sales in addition to greater gold and silver rates, the head of the nation's top mining association said on Wednesday. Argentina's mining sector generated $4.06 billion in exports last year, fueled by the battery metal lithium and valuable metals gold and silver. Exports this year will likely approach $ 4.3 billion, said Roberto Cacciola, head of the CAEM mining association. The 2 metal types provided contrasting situations, he noted. Both gold and silver rates rose this year, assisting Argentina balanced out declining output in aging...