India to sign MoU with Argentina for strategic minerals partnership

The Ministry of Mines of India and the Secretariat of Mining Policy of Argentina's Ministry of Productive Development have signed an MoU to facilitate India’s energy security goals and involve setting up JV for strategic minerals and future investments. The MoU will establish an institutional mechanism for cooperation in the field of mineral resources. Objectives of the MoU are to strengthen the activities involved, such as cooperation for encouraging mineral exploration and development, including extraction, mining; exchange of technical and scientific information; training and capacity building, and promotion of investment and development in mining activities, among others.