The head of the productive portfolio highlighted the Province’s commitment to directing productive activities in accordance with the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Another interesting thing is the investment made by the French company, Eramine, in the province, in the Centenario Ratones project, to produce lithium carbonate. The factory plans to start operating in May 2024, with production of 75 thousand tons per year, and provide employment for almost 2,200 people, 95% from Salta.

In this regard, Nadal highlights that they are an exemplary company, with investments in Africa and in France itself, with social and environmental responsibility programs that can greatly enrich the Puna population. It also credits its environmental commitment through its own solar energy generation, and its innovative technology, the development of which took 12 years.

He also referred to the Qubic Project, an international collaborative initiative between Argentina, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, which has a high-tech telescope in Puna. It is intended to trace the inflation time of “cosmic microwave background radiation” (CMB), radiation that originates from when the universe emerged.

French tourism is also appreciated in Salta, with the arrival of 17 thousand French people every year, who are attracted by the pre-Columbian history and its traces, the presence of the Incas and the recent history of independence, in addition to the landscape and nature. Train to the Clouds.

Other topics they referred to include the link with the education portfolio, as France is interested in including the French language in public education. Finally, international cooperation projects that are currently in the implementation stage and initiatives that are being planned are discussed.

The visit was carried out on the occasion of the centenary of the French Alliance in Salta, and the French delegation has a busy work agenda that will last until the weekend.

Present for France, the inter-ministerial delegation for the French National Government’s Supply of Critical Minerals and Metals, Benjamín Gallezot, editor of Mining Strategies and Ecological Transition, Nicolás Lecont, head of the French Embassy’s Economic Services, Jean-François Michel, and the French honorary consul in Salta , Jean-Luc Moutenot. For Salta, the meeting was also accompanied by: Deputy Socorro Villamayor, president of the Legislative Bloc, Deputy Laura Cartuccia and Deputy Luis Mendaña, as well as REMSA president Alberto Castillo, second vice president of the Agency, Gladys Paredes.

Eramine South America CEO Alejandro Moro also participated with his team.