Lithium boom and opening attracts transnational mining companies

The arrival of Mauricio Macri to the government in 2015 unleashed the second lithium boom in the country. The elimination of withholdings on mining and the annulment of the foreign exchange block opened the game to the large transnational companies interested in exploiting the so-called "white oil" in Argentina, which together with Bolivia and Chile make up one of the largest lithium reservoirs worldwide.