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María Eulalia Silva, president of the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining, at an event in Quito, on July 9, 2024. - Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining - The mining sector expects to end 2024 with exports worth USD 3.3 billion , according to estimates by the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining (CME). Carolina Orozco, president of the CME board of directors, recalled on July 9, 2024 at a press conference in Quito that mining products are Ecuador's fourth largest export item , the third non-oil item, and the first in non-traditional exports. Orozco pointed out that in 2023 the country closed with mining exports worth more than USD 3,324 million , which in tax collection for the State meant more than USD 762 million.
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NEWSLETTERS Economy Ecuador's mining exports will not grow in 2024, according to the Chamber of Mining Author: Primicias Editorial Team / EFE Updated: 9 Jul 2024 - 18:19 By April 2024, the value of mining exports has fallen by 8.3%. The sector expects to close the year with exports worth USD 3.3 billion. María Eulalia Silva, president of the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining, at an event in Quito, on July 9, 2024. - Photo: Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining / X Join WhatsApp The mining sector expects to end 2024 with exports worth USD 3.3 billion , according to estimates by the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining (CME). Carolina Orozco, president of the CME board of directors, recalled on July 9, 2024 at a press conference in Quito that mining products are Ecuador's fourth largest export item , the third non-oil item, and the first in non-traditional exports. Orozco pointed out that in 2023 the country closed with mining exports worth more than USD 3,324 million , which in tax collection for the State meant more than USD 762 million. A Flourish chart Between January and April 2024, the mining industry exported 243,000 tons of mining products, worth USD 965.5 million . In volume, the sector fell by 4.2% and in value, by 8.3%, compared to the first four months of 2023, according to the Central Bank. Mining in Ecuador, between community protests and the need for investment Investment of almost USD 1 billion According to the Chamber of Mining, up to the first quarter, the sector paid taxes for more than USD 404 million and generated 25,342 direct jobs and 76,025 indirect jobs. Between 2021 and 2025, the sector will have "had the capacity to hopefully generate almost 200,000 direct and indirect jobs ," Orozco said. The above, he clarified, will be possible with the constant development of the two large-scale mines (Mirador and Fruta del Norte), but also with the entry into construction of three projects that are ready to begin construction: Domo, La Plata and Loma Larga. These three projects represent an investment of almost USD 1,000 million