Dossier
Glacier law
Coverage of Glacier law in the Nexus archive.
- Argentina approves Milei’s glacier mining bill amid environmental protests
Argentina's congress approved a bill promoted by libertarian president Javier Milei to authorize mining in ecologically sensitive Andean glacier and permafrost areas, sparking environmental protests. The amendment, previously passed by the senate, facilitates extraction of metals like copper, lithium, and silver in frozen regions of the Andes.