Portland / Vancouver / Toronto / Rosario / Buenos Aires / Santa Cruz / Spokane / Johannesburg / Valencia / Montevideo / London / San Juan / /
Company
FMC / Ferro Corp. / Aceros S.A. / Ferrosilicon Total Steel / Wintershall Energía S.A. / Borax Argentina S.A. / Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales / Minera Aguilar S.A. / Compañía Minera Polimet S.A. / Cerro Vanguardia S.A. / Yamana Resources Inc. / Silver Standard Resources Inc. / AngloGold Limited / Mauricio Hochschild & Cía. Ltd. / Black Hawk Mining Inc. / Pecom Energía S.A. / Acindar Industria Argentina / Yacimientos Carbonífero Río Turbio S.A. / Nucleoélectrica Argentina S.A. / Pérez Companc S.A. / Rio Tinto plc. / Cementos Loma Negra C.I.A. S. / Pan American Energy / JEM Resources / Inversora Siderúrgica Argentina S.A. / Minera Alumbrera Ltd. / Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation / BP p.l.c. / Mineral Fuels Coal. / British Gas Group / Cía Minera Aguilar S.A. / Empresa / Manantial Espejo / Rio Tinto Borax / Pioneer Natural Resources S.A. / M.I.M. Holdings Limited / Homestake Mining Company / Loma Negra C.I.A. S.A. / Hierro Patagónico Rionegrino S.A. / Xstrata plc / Pan American Energy de Argentina / Procesadora de Boratos S.A. / Barrick Gold Corporation / Techint Group / Total Austral S.A. / Juan Minetti S.A. / BHP Billiton Plc / Repsol / Holcin Ltd. / S.A.C.I.F. / Pan American Silver Corp. / Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. / Ulex S.A. / References Cited Acindar Industria Argentina / Minera Andes Inc. / Usiminas / /
Continent
Europe / Asia / South America / /
Country
Uruguay / Venezuela / South Africa / Japan / Brazil / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / Germany / Mexico / Argentine / Chile / United States / Argentina / South Korea / /
Currency
Peso / USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / M&A / Business Partnership / /
Facility
Palpalá Industrial Park / Cerro Vanguardia Mine / refinery Coal / Campo Quijano refinery / Martha Mine / El Porvenir Mine / Alumbrera Mine / Zinc refinery Juan Minetti S.A. / Plant No. / Bajo de La Alumbrera Mine / / /
IndustryTerm
crude steel / important products / large-scale metal projects / camp infrastructure / petroleum gas / natural gas / gold producer / portland cement / steel products / energy / natural gas pipeline / environmental protection law / provincial mining procedures / gross domestic product / metal production / natural gas liquids / medium mining sectors / manufacturing / gas-processing capacity / long-term strategic mining plans / steel / country’s infrastructure / gas liquids processing plant / gross natural gas / geological and mining studies / marketed natural gas / gas pipeline / large-scale mining / steel producer / mining / medium mining producers / fuel oil / cement production / /
MusicGroup
A.I. / /
NaturalFeature
Fuego / /
Organization
International Monetary Fund / Provincial government / Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia / National Administration / Belén Department / Provincial enforcement authority / national scientific organization / Federal Government / Government of Argentina / Argentine Congress / /
Person
de la Nación / Tierra del Fuego / Cruz del Sur / Julio Roca / / /
Position
advisor / president / producer / head / private / 47.9% / Auditoría General / Major / leading boron mineral producer / copper and gold producer / gold producer / steel producer / Governor / important producer / /
ProvinceOrState
Santa Cruz / Corrientes / Santa Cruz Province / Catamarca Province / Jujuy / British Columbia / Jujuy Province / Washington / Mendoza Province / Formosa / Córdoba / Río / California / Idaho / Ontario / Mendoza / Santa Fe Province / Oregon / Chubut / Catamarca / Buenos Aires Province / Neuquén / Salta / La Pampa / San Juan / Juyuy / /
PublishedMedium
La Siderurgia Argentina annual / /
Region
southern Chile / central Argentina / Latin America / /
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ARGENTINA By Ivette E. Torres The economy of Argentina continued to decline in 2002 as indicated by the 10.9% decrease in the country’s gross domestic