In addition, mining employment reached May of 2022 the 36,322 jobswhich is equivalent to a year-on-year growth of 9.8% and reached 17 consecutive months of increase in the number of employees in the sector.
More than half corresponds to placements of Prayedwith exports in the first 8 months of the year for US$1,424 million, 19% more than in the same period of 2021.
Meanwhile, exports of silver totaled US$520 million in the January-August period, with an accumulated increase of barely 3%.
In third place is the lithium, but with a growth rate much higher than that of other mining products. In the first 8 months of 2022, Argentina exported lithium worth US$394 million, with a jump of 211% compared to the same period in 2021.
“It is noteworthy in the case of lithium which marked a historical record of exports for the month of Augustbeing its second consecutive month exceeding the exported amounts of silver”, highlighted the Ministry of Mining.
The latter It is the mining sector in which the number of employees grew the most in the last year: accumulated a year-on-year increase in 48.3% in jobs in May, although in absolute terms it is the equivalent of 691 new jobs. To provide a point of comparison, the sector of services and activities related to mining, the one that grew the most in absolute terms, increased by 1,298 jobs.
Source: Ambito
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