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Investing.com -- Argentina’s mining exports reached a record $4.21 billion in the first nine months of 2025, marking a 32.9% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the country’s mining secretariat.
The secretariat reported on Monday that this figure represents a historic high for foreign sales from Argentina’s mining industry for the first nine months of any year.
The substantial growth in export value was partly attributed to "outstanding" international prices for metals such as gold and silver, the secretariat stated.
Gold, silver, and lithium constitute Argentina’s primary mining exports, with lithium being a crucial component in battery production. Argentina currently ranks as the world’s fifth-largest producer of lithium and holds the second-largest reserves of this metal globally.
"Lithium production in Argentina is expanding (with seven projects in operation), so the growth in export value is linked to this increase in production quantities," the secretariat explained, though specific details regarding lithium export growth were not provided.
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