en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Angaco department in San Juan Province is developing a regional industrial node centered on mining logistics and industrial support services, serving the Cuyo production corridor and Argentina's central-western region. As the province's fifth-largest department by area, Angaco leverages its strategic location and a steadily growing investment ecosystem to attract long-term projects in mining development and industrial manufacturing.
The core function of the Angaco Industrial Park (Parque Industrial Angaco) is to serve as a large-scale mining logistics transshipment hub. The park can supply basic inputs for large-scale projects such as the Veladero mine, managing key materials including industrial lime, fuel, steel, and heavy materials—with its industrial lime considered to come from one of the highest-quality mining areas in Latin America. Beyond material supply, the park also offers infrastructure and metallurgical service capabilities, operating heavy machinery and specialized equipment required by the extractive industry, covering the full range of basic services needed for mining companies' production operations and technical activities.
The standout advantage of this industrial center lies in its multimodal transport conditions. The park is adjacent to the San Martín Railway (Ferrocarril San Martín), connecting to Mendoza, Rosario, and Buenos Aires, while also reaching Argentina's northern production regions via the Belgrano Railway (Ferrocarril Belgrano). It functions as a rail multimodal node and dry port (puerto seco), enabling efficient coordination between truck, rail, and port operations. In terms of road access, the park is just minutes from National Routes 20 and 40, providing convenient connections to provinces such as La Rioja, Córdoba, and Buenos Aires, and is close to border crossings into Chile, offering a more cost-effective transport route for exporting products to the Pacific and international markets.
In terms of infrastructure, the park offers large industrial plots with full services, currently featuring grid power access, water supply feasibility (factibilidad hídrica), and natural gas availability, along with vehicle access roads designed to handle heavy cargo transport. Although mining is the park's core industrial focus, the agro-industrial sector is also incorporated into the development plan, with local export potential in the production and processing of tomatoes, grape juice, and garlic, complementing metallurgical and mining activities.
The project's primary objective is to improve logistics efficiency and reduce transport costs for large-scale operations. By providing ready-made platforms for immediate installation by new industries, the park aims to optimize regional supply chain configuration. As new investments continue to flow in seeking to expand capacity in an environment with real industrial development conditions, the region's infrastructure progress is transforming San Juan Province's production landscape, with multimodal connectivity emerging as its comparative advantage in regional competition.
