Concepción / Rosario City / Santiago / Buenos Aires / Washington / DC / San Juan / Madrid / Washington DC / Gaz de / Santa Cruz / Lata / /
Company
Corporación Cementera Argentina S.A. / Ferrosilicon Total Steel / ALUAR / Yacimientos Mineros Riojanos S.E. / Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales / FMC Corp. / Minera Aguilar S.A. / YMAD / CAR Ltd. / Dow Chemical / Cambior Inc. / Bridas Corp. / S.A.I.C. / TGS / Parez Companac / Norquímica S.A. / Nucleoélectrica Argentina S.A. / Cementos Loma Negra C.I.A.S. / Astra / Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales S.A. / Potasio Río Colorado S.A. / Refining Co. / Aluminios Argentinos / Northern Orion Exploration / Barrick Gold / Angela Mine (private 100%) Hierro Patagónico de Sierra Grade S.A. / Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. Ltd. / Brasoil / Algas S.A. / ACINDAR / BHP Minerals International / Yacimientos Carbóniferos Fiscales (Government 100%) (will be privatized in 1997) Minera Alumbrera Ltd. / Repsol / Aluminum Company of America / International Finance Corp. / Yacimientos Mineros de Agua / Panorama Minero / Cerro Castillo S.A. / Argentina de ACEROS S.A. / Minera Mincorp S.A. / Buenos Aires Stock Exchange / Astra CAPSA / Deutsche Bank / CAR Exploration Pty. Ltd. / Rio Algom Ltd. / Petroquímica Bahía Blanca / Minera TEA S.A. / Argentina Gold Corp. / Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. / Comsur / Borax S.A. / Western Mining Corp. / Enron Corp. / Mexpetrol Argentina S.A. / CAR Exploration Argentina S.A. / Minera Alumbrera Ltd. / YPF S.A. / Hierro Patagónico Argentino S.A. / Aceros Paraná S.A. / Potash / Agua de Dionisio / Poligas Lujan S.A. / Mount Isa Holding Ltd. / Loma Negra C.I.A.S.A. / Metal Bulletin / North Limited of Australia / Juan Minetti S.A. / U.S. Dow Chemical Co. / S.A.C.I.F. / Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. / Total capital / Cía Minera Altiplano S.A. / /
Continent
South America / /
Country
Brazil / Argentine / Chile / Paraguay / Morocco / Argentina / Bolivia / Spain / Uruguay / South Africa / France / Japan / Canada / Australia / Germany / Sweden / Poland / Belgium / Turkey / United States / /
Los Pelambres Mine / Farallón Negro Mine / Río Turbio Mine / Angela Mine / El Porvenir Mine / Siderurgical Industry Center / smelter Uranium / Sierra Grande Mine / smelter e/ Tin / Bajo de La Alumbrera Mine / / /
IndustryTerm
cement industry / energy / supply natural gas / installed cement production capacity / crude oil / industrial / estimated mining reserves / rolled steel products / data bank / gas processing plant / gas pipeline / steel industry / mineral-related products / oil and gas industry / energy resources / electricity / main producer / solution mining / gas liquids / main precious metal targets / local gas distribution / cement / Energy consumption data / crude steel / natural gas / oil and gas / gold producer / railroad network / portland cement / silicon metal / cement manufacturer / Crude steel production / Open-pit mining / developed mining camps / gold mining / gross domestic product / Transportation capacity / oil industry / liquefied petroleum gas / gas-producer power / manufacturing / gas-processing/natural gas liquids / underground mining methods / steel / coordinates mining technology policy / medium-scale mining sectors / ferroalloys producer / refinery products / Gas imports / oil / gas pipelines / stronger oil prices / potential mining activity / gas-processing plant / mining / oil production / export value crude oil / mineral processing / fuel oil / /
NaturalFeature
Chilean coast / Andes / Uruguay river / Plata estuary / Alto Paraná river / Paraguay river / Alto river / Paraná River / /
Organization
Argentina’s Senate / Ministry of Economy and Public Works / National Geological Service Board / Belén Department / Siderurgical Industry Center of Argentina / Argentine Congress / Farallón Negro / Hualfín and Belén Departments Gastre Department / International Monetary Fund / Embassy of Argentina / National Mining Board / Argentine Government / Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia / Congress / Federal Government / /
Person
Gaz / Sunshine Mining / Carmen / Salar del Hombre Muerto / Tincalayu Quijano / Campo Quijano / Hipólito Yrigoyen / Julio A. Roca / /
Position
mineral producer / General / producer / official / leading producer / Mineral Industry The Secretary of Mining / gold producer / Argentine ferroalloys producer / Southern Miner / managing partner / Major / aluminum producer / Secretary of Industry / Commerce / Secretary of Mining / /
Product
Cerro Vanguardia / potassium chloride / /
ProgrammingLanguage
Onyx / NGL / /
ProvinceOrState
Santa Cruz / Corrientes / Jujuy / San Juan Province / Córdoba / Chubut Province / San Juan / Santa Cruz Province / Catamarca Province / Jujuy Province / Mendoza Province / Mendoza / Catamarca / La Rioja Province / Salta / Chubút Province / /
PublishedMedium
La Siderurgia Argentina annual / /
Region
northwestern Argentina / southern Argentina / northern Argentine / Latin America / Central Argentina / northern Argentina / /
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ARGENTINA By Pablo Velasco In 1996, Argentina with a population of 35.6 million had a gross domestic product (GDP) of about $290 billion1 with a per