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Milei Seeks to Accelerate Argentina’s Copper Boom by Easing Glacier Rules

The Piedras Blancas Glacier near El Calafate, Argentina in March 2023.Photographer: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

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By Manuela Tobias, James Attwood, and Jonathan Gilbert

November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM UTC

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Argentine President Javier Milei is planning to modify regulations that protect Andean glaciers in order to unlock tens of billions of dollars of mining investments, according to a person familiar with the matter.