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.
Roedd allforion copr a dwysfwyd copr ar frig y rhestr, sef 157 miliwn. Roedd allforion aur a dwysfwyd yn bumed ar 115 miliwn.
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 ).
Daeth EcuaCorriente SA (perchennog mwynglawdd Mirador) yn ail ymhlith cwmnïau allforio ac yn gyntaf ymhlith cwmnïau nad ydynt yn- olew a nwy. Daeth Aurelian Ecuador SA (perchennog mwynglawdd aur Fruta North) yn bumed ac yn bedwerydd ymhlith cwmnïau nad ydynt yn - olew a nwy.
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.
Yn ôl ystadegau'r Weinyddiaeth Ynni a Mwyngloddiau, ym mis Medi 2021, mae gweithwyr uniongyrchol diwydiannau mwyngloddio mawr, canolig a bach yn Ecwador bron i 40,000, a disgwylir iddo gyrraedd 300,{{ 4}} erbyn 2025.
