¿Argentina puede soñar con una fundición de cobre?
Por Miguel Martín, editor de Minería & Desarrollo
Chile produjo en 2025 cerca del 23% del concentrado de cobre mundial, pero sólo explicó el 4,2% del cobre fundido. La paradoja obliga a mirar más allá de la mina: tener mineral no garantiza capturar la etapa metalúrgica. Argentina ya contabiliza 76 proyectos de cobre en la cartera oficial 2026, pero una fundición propia sólo sería razonable con suministro de concentrado de largo plazo, escala, energía, logística, tecnología ambiental, mercado para subproductos y reglas estables.
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