Weekly Report - 15 June 2017 (WR-17-23)

ARGENTINA | New federal mining agreement. On 13 June, Argentina’s federal government led by President Mauricio Macri announced that it had signed a new federal mining agreement with 21 of the country’s 23 provinces to promote the development of mining activity across national territory. According to a press release issued by the Macri administration, the new deal unifies the various existing provincial mining legislation into a common set of rules that should help attract foreign investment to the sector, improve environmental standards, and promote the overall development of mining in Argentina.

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