Ecuador's mineral exports reached 271.85 million in January, up 114 percent from a year earlier, surpassing the previous record of 255.88 million set in April 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources announced, BNAmericas reported. Mineral exports hit a new high in a single month.
The figures keep mining as the country's fourth largest economic pillar, the country's third largest non-oil and gas sector after crude oil, shrimp and bananas, and the largest non-traditional export sector, accounting for 11.07 percent of the country's merchandise exports.
Juan Carlos Bermeo, Ecuador's energy minister, stressed that "in January we achieved our target of mineral exports accounting for 12 per cent of total exports of 2.238 billion".
"If the current level of exports continues, it is highly likely to exceed the target," he said.
יצוא נחושת ותרכיז נחושת עמד בראש הרשימה עם 157 מיליון. יצוא הזהב והתרכז היה במקום החמישי עם 115 מיליון.
Exports from The Mirador mine were 152m (56 per cent of the total), according to Ecuador's central bank; Fruta del Norte exports amounted to us 67 million (25 percent ), while small mines accounted for US 53 million (19 percent ).
EcuaCorriente SA (הבעלים של מכרה Mirador) מדורגת במקום השני בין חברות היצוא והראשונה בין חברות שאינן-נפט וגז. Aurelian Ecuador SA (הבעלים של מכרה הזהב Fruta North) מדורגת במקום החמישי והרביעי מבין חברות הנפט והגז שאינן-.
Official data from the Ministry of Energy show that Ecuador's mineral exports reached 2.092 billion in 2012, 31 percent above the target.
Ecuador's main exports include copper and gold concentrates, as well as gold bars, with smaller amounts of other minerals, including silver, lead and zinc. Leading exporters include China, Switzerland, the United States and Finland.
לפי הנתונים הסטטיסטיים של משרד האנרגיה והמכרות, נכון לספטמבר 2021, העובדים הישירים של תעשיות כרייה גדולות, בינוניות וקטנות באקוודור הם כמעט 40,000, והוא צפוי להגיע ל-300,{{ 4}} עד 2025.
