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National
The indicator accumulated an 8,4% increase in the first half, driven by unconventional oil, lithium and salt. Overall growth coincided with declines in conventional extraction, ornamental stone, limestone, gypsum, clinker and oilfield services, leaving the expansion concentrated in a few segments.
Santa Fe
The Radical group born from municipalities and communes brought Maximiliano Pullaro to the governorship, Felipe Michlig to the leadership of the Senate and Diego Maciel toward the provincial Supreme Court. Its rise combines territorial organization, alliances and legislative control within Unidos.
Mendoza
Commerce, restaurants, winemaking and automotive-related businesses are adjusting after exhausting internal cost cuts. Cecitys acknowledges that no consolidated tally of closed establishments exists, while suspensions and workforce reductions are appearing across different sectors.
La Rioja
The textile company had planned an industrial hall for up to 500 jobs, but lost orders from clothing brands and announced its definitive closure. The TN Plates group committed to paying compensation to a workforce that had fallen to around 60 people.
San Luis
The governor decided that his provincial alliance would not field candidates for Congress and argued that the election was polarized around Javier Milei. The move was interpreted as part of a political understanding with Javier Milei and Karina Milei, although Poggi did not publicly acknowledge that account.
Entre Ríos
The business association counted about 100 inactive establishments downtown and more than 120 when surrounding areas were included. Televisions, Argentina jerseys and sporting goods sold better during the tournament, but the association rejected the idea that this represented a general recovery.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The convention will run from September 2 to 4 and expects more than 300 mining companies and suppliers. Authorities, lawmakers and organizers presented it as a forum for business and debate on investment, sustainability, employment and infrastructure—not as investment already committed.
Buenos Aires
The company stopped operating its plants in Las Flores and Ricardo Rojas. The Las Flores municipality met with some employees and linked the textile crisis to import liberalization and falling consumption, while awaiting the payment of severance and activation of the corresponding coverage.
Catamarca
The Unión Industrial de Catamarca requested reference values for imported products and better conditions for northern firms to compete. Luis Caputo said his team is studying an origin-based control system, while another meeting in Buenos Aires is being arranged without a confirmed date.
Formosa
The governor of Formosa rejected the idea that there is no force capable of disputing the direction of the country and called to bring together the Justicialist Party with national and popular sectors. The political statement accompanied the announcement of a provincial salary increase of 15% in three installments.
Chaco
The customer service company attributed the cut to the loss of one of its main contracts. The measure reached operators, supervisors and administrators of a city with just over 30,000 inhabitants, where the company had set up shop in 2023 with expansion plans.
Buenos Aires
Banking, productive, and technical leaders analyzed credit, land and fire management, profitability, machinery, sorghum, and the Congress Aapresid. The interventions showed different diagnoses and sectoral proposals, without forming a common program or new official decisions.
Jujuy
Pedro Pascuttini presented before Senate committees the loss of competitiveness of the sector due to taxes, energy, fuels, and freight. The Tobacco Chamber requested regulatory tools to sustain production and exports and reminded that the activity is the second largest employer in the province.
Neuquén
The governor stated that the current contract does not meet the provincial growth and confirmed negotiations to change the management of Presidente Perón airport. The future tender would include infrastructure, cargo, land connections, and services, with a possible bidding before the end of the year.
Santa Fe
A calculation by the municipal Treasury Department measured the national revenue generated by gasoline and diesel charges in the city. The report compared that amount with local works and equipment, and estimated a return of ARS 1,300 million if it were shared like IVA.
Santiago del Estero
The complex's management has injected capital for more than a year to cover its monthly deficit. Lost foot traffic, digital commerce and taxes reduced occupancy below half, but the warning does not yet amount to a closure that has been decided or carried out.
