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.
Bhí onnmhairí copair agus comhdhlúthúcháin copair ar bharr an liosta ag 157 milliún. Bhí onnmhairí óir agus comhchruinnithe sa chúigiú háit le 115 milliún.
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 ).
Bhí EcuaCorriente SA (úinéir mhianaigh Mirador) sa dara háit i measc cuideachtaí onnmhairithe agus sa chéad áit i measc cuideachtaí neamh-ola agus gáis. Tá Aurelian Ecuador SA (úinéir mhianach óir Fruta North) sa chúigiú agus sa cheathrú háit i measc cuideachtaí neamh-ola agus gáis.
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.
De réir staitisticí na hAireachta Fuinnimh agus Mianaigh, ó Mheán Fómhair 2021, tá beagnach 40,000 fostaithe díreacha na dtionscal mianadóireachta mór, meánach agus beag in Eacuadór, agus táthar ag súil go sroichfidh sé 300,{{ 4}} faoi 2025.
