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Santa Cruz
The province led the national ranking in the first half, driven by five major metal-mining operations. The exports belong to the companies, not the Treasury: mining fees, royalties and taxes transfer only part of the value, while employment, infrastructure and territorial distribution remain under debate.
Río Negro
The legislator was reelected party president during an event in General Roca. The new leadership will prioritize technical teams, territorial deployment, and a provincial alternative, with support sent by Mauricio Macri and national figures from the platform.
Chubut
The head of Trade Employees wants to anticipate the schedule and demand that the parties present concrete responses to the crisis. His platform combines Patagonian wages, tax relief for SMEs, and advantages to recover investment, employment, and purchasing power.
Río Negro
Decree 721/26 authorized the transfer of 15% that belonged to the International Financial Corporation for US$3.5 million. The operator must present the final deed within ten business days for the transfer to come into full effect.
Neuquén
The MPN deputy linked the increase in the fuel tax with the lack of national investment in roads and bridges. He pointed out that the expansion of the Northern Highway and the transformation of the old Route 22 will increase traffic without new crossings towards Río Negro.
Chubut
The three provinces are promoting new compressor plants and a link to the General San Martín pipeline. Financing from the Chubut and Neuquén banks unlocked works halted by the national government; 980 Bariloche households will be connected.
Río Negro
The unanimous ruling held that the Mapuche Tehuelche Parliament Coordinating Committee had not shown concrete harm to pursue an abstract challenge to Law 5755. The judgment upheld the province's objection and did not decide whether the prior-consultation regime is constitutional.
Río Negro
The bill sets December 31, 2025 as the cutoff date and could cover about 4,200 contract workers, although the government has not confirmed that figure. It requires a pre-employment medical exam, a competency assessment and a favorable Human Resources report.
Buenos Aires
The Economy Ministry refused to authorize international financing for a plant serving La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada and told the province to use its own funds or restructure existing loans. Buenos Aires says the ARS 450 billion project would absorb much of its investment budget without external credit.
Río Negro
Luis Caputo authorized a US$60 million IDB loan to integrate Río Negro's 36 hospitals and 191 primary care centers. Alberto Weretilneck also received an expected timetable for a second US$85 million loan for irrigation, rural electrification and emergency prevention.
Río Negro
The project entered the RIGI program with a planned 472.5-kilometer pipeline between Tratayén and San Antonio Oeste. It will feed two floating liquefaction units in the San Matías Gulf and is designed to carry up to 28 million cubic meters per day.
Neuquén
An IERAL report found that registered private employment fell 2.7% nationwide between 2023 and 2025, while Neuquén, Río Negro and Tucumán managed to grow.
Río Negro
The Government of Río Negro approved an agreement with the cosmetics company Novachem for the commercial use of the native plants maqui and pichi. The province will receive royalties of 0.5% and 0.25% on sales, which will be allocated to biodiversity conservation and state control over future extractions.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The end of the tax on LELIQs and the slowdown in consumption explain the fiscal decline in Buenos Aires, according to an IARAF report. Only the energy-producing provinces are growing in a landscape of contrasts.
Río Negro
The Secretariat of Environment and Climate Change inspected diatomite processing plants to review operations, waste, storage areas and regulatory compliance.
Río Negro
Senator Oscar Fullone met with Energy Secretary María Tettamanti to review projects linked to Vaca Muerta, LNG, mining and the RIGI framework, with a focus on provincial jobs, services and infrastructure.
