| TABLE 2 |
| ARGENTINA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
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Major operating companies |
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
and major equity owners |
Location of main facilities |
capacity |
| Aluminum |
|
|
Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C.
(Government, |
Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province |
275 |
| |
|
|
|
52.1%, and private, 47.9%) |
|
|
| Boron |
|
|
Borax Argentina S.A. (Rio Tinto Borax,
100%) |
El Porvenir Mine and plant, Jujuy
Province; |
615.1 |
|
|
|
Sije and Tincalayu Mines
and plants, Campo |
| |
|
|
|
|
Quijano refinery, Salta Province |
|
| Do. |
|
|
Procesadora de Boratos S.A. (Ferro
Corp., U.S.A., |
Loma Blanca, Jujuy Province,
and plant |
36. |
| |
|
|
|
and JEM Resources, Canada) |
at Papalá |
|
| Do. |
|
|
Ulex S.A. (private, 100%) |
Pastos Grandes, Salta Province |
2.1 |
| Do. |
|
|
Norquímica S.A. |
Salta Province |
5 boric acid. |
| Cement |
|
|
Cementos Loma Negra C.I.A.S.A.
(private, 100%) |
Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Corrientes,
Salta, |
6,000. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Salta Juan, Mendoza, and Jujuy Provinces |
|
| Do. |
|
|
Cementos
Avellaneda, S.A. (Corporaciόn |
La Caldera
plant, San Luis Province and |
2,800, |
| |
|
|
|
Uniland S.A. and C. Molins International S.A.) |
Olavarría plant in
Buenos Aires Province |
220 lime. |
| Do. |
|
|
Juan Minetti S.A. (Holcin Ltd., 100%) |
|
1,700. |
| Coal |
|
|
Yacimientos
Carbonífero Río Turbio S.A. |
Río Turbio, Santa Cruz Province |
210. |
| |
|
|
|
(private, 100%) |
|
|
| Copper
and gold2 |
|
|
Minera Alumbrera Ltd. (Xstrata plc, 50%; |
Bajo de La Alumbrera Mine, Belén
Depart- |
200 Cu, |
|
|
|
Wheaton River
Minerals Ltd., 37.5%; |
ment, Catamarca Province |
22,000 Au. |
| |
|
|
|
Northern Orion Resources Inc., 12.5%) |
|
|
| Gold
and silver
|
kilograms |
|
Cerro Vanguardia S.A. (AngloGold
Limited, 92.5%, |
Cerro Vanguardia Mine, Santa Cruz
Province |
100,000 Ag, |
|
|
|
and Government of Santa Cruz Province, 7.5%) |
|
10,000 Au. |
| Do. |
|
|
Yacimientos
Mineros de Agua de Dionisio |
Farallón Negro, Hualfín, and Belén, |
4,600 Au, |
| |
|
|
|
(Government, 100%) |
Catamarca Province |
50,000 Ag. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Small mines (private,
100%) |
Various in Jujuy Province |
5,000 Ag. |
| Lead,
silver, and zinc3 |
|
|
Cía. Minera Aguilar S.A. (owned
by |
Estación Tres Cruces, El Aguilar,
Jujuy |
49,800 Ag, |
| |
|
|
|
Cía. Minera del Sur) (private, 100%) |
Province |
24 Pb. |
| Lead
and silver refinery3 |
|
|
do. |
Refinería Aguilar,
Palpalá Industrial Park, |
15 Pb, |
|
|
|
Jujuy Province |
18,000 Ag. |
| Natural
gas |
million cubic meters |
|
Transportadora de Gas del Sur, S.A. and |
Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, |
46,000. |
| |
|
|
|
Transportadora de Gas del Norte (private, 100%) |
Salta, and Río Negro Provinces |
|
| Petroleum |
million barrels |
|
Repsol-YPF |
Chubut, Santa Cruz, Neuquén, Río
Negro, |
366. |
|
|
|
Mendoza, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, Jujuy, |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
La Pampa, and Formosa Provinces |
|
| Steel |
|
|
Siderar S.A.I.C.
(Techint Group, 53%; Inversora |
7 kilometers from San Nicolás de los
Arroyos, |
2,500 steel, |
|
|
|
Siderúrgica Argentina, S.A., 11%; Usiminas, 5%; |
Buenos Aires Province |
1,100 pig |
| |
|
|
|
Compahnia Vale do Rio Doce, 5%) |
|
iron. |
| Do. |
|
|
Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros
S.A. |
Plant Nos.1 and 3, Buenos Aires
Province; |
1,500 steel, |
|
|
|
(private, 100%) |
Plant No. 2, near Río Paraná, Santa Fe |
1,000 DRI.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Province |
|
| Do. |
|
|
Siderca S.A.I.C. (Techint Group) |
Buenos Aires Province |
900, |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
670 DRI.4 |
| Uranium
(ore) |
|
|
Empresa Nuclear Mendoza
(subsidiary |
Sierra Pintada, San Rafael, Mendoza |
160. |
| |
|
|
|
Nucleoélectrica Argentina S.A.) |
Province |
|
| Zinc
refinery |
|
|
Cía. Sulfacid S.A.C.I. and Cía Minera
Aguilar S.A. |
Near Rosario on the Paraná River, |
40. |
| |
|
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|
|
Santa Fe Province |
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| 1Crude minerals. |
| 2Gold data reported in kilograms. |
| 3Silver data reported in kilograms. |
| 4Direct-reduced iron. |
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