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In the midst of alerts, mining policy is launched
Posted On 04 Jun 2019
Ecuadornews:
Quito –
The Vice President of the Republic, Otto Sonnenholzner, and the Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Carlos Pérez García, will participate in the launch of the updated Mining Public Policy, which will take place this Tuesday at the Shuar Cultural Interpretation Center, located at Timbara, from Zamora.
This document will be presented by the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources. It is structured in six axes and is the result of joint work with State institutions (since April 2018) to promote responsible, legal and controlled mining in the country, which will guarantee the 2019-2030 planning.
The fact occurs in the midst of alerts raised by the responsible mining sector (large mining) on the need for the Constitutional Court to clarify whether small communities can request popular consultations on the management of non-renewable natural resources. They consider that this is an exclusive competence of the State.
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Tomorrow, the Court must attend a hearing request for consultation that would seek to avoid exploitation in Cascabel. This despite the fact that the concession has already been delivered.
Yesterday Santiago Yépez, president of the Chamber of Mining, and René Ayala Lomas, president of the Association of Mining Engineers (AIME), informed that they will hold a sit-in outside the Court, to support the amicus curiae that have been presented by part of different mining actors against the request for consultation in the provinces of Carchi and Imbabura.
Last Friday, the Chambers of Production asked the Court to have legal security. Pablo Zambrano explained that there are currently at least five world class projects that must be managed in a sustainable manner. They explained that the mining sector can generate some 110,000 sources of employment and at least $ 10 billion in investments. (I)
