Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 9, 2026 (AFP) - Argentine MPs approve bill to allow mining in glaciers

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Argentine MPs approved a bill early Thursday promoted by President Javier Milei that authorizes mining in ecologically sensitive areas of glaciers and permafrost, and has outraged environmentalists. The amendment to the so-called Glacier Law, which was already approved by the Senate in February, would make it easier to mine for metals such as copper, lithium and silver in frozen parts of the Andes mountains. The Chamber of Deputies, Argentina's l......

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