Mining Technical Assistance
Summary document describing a project initiated by the Ministry of Mines, Ecuador. The two overall objectives of the project were to: (a) attract new private mining investment and support the systematic development of increased, yet environmentally sound, mineral production; and (b) arrest mining-related environmental degradation and mitigate the damage that results from the use of primitive and inadequate technology by informal miners. The specific objectives included: (a) assisting the Government in implementing its new Mining Law - passed in 1991 - by strengthening sectoral institutions both at the policy and core functions levels; (b) upgrading small-scale miners’ technology; (c) instituting applicable environmental standards and a monitoring system; (d) helping contain and possibly detoxify mining-related hazardous wastes; and (e) monitoring mining-related health issues among the mining communities.
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- Author(s)
- G Walser
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Associated Partners
- DFID (Department for International Development), SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency)
- Language
- English
- Publishing Institution Webpage
- https://www.presidencia.gob.ec
- Data Source Classification
- Program Report
- Research Type
- Secondary
- Research Methodology
- Secondary - PREVIOUS RESEARCH, Secondary - OFFICIAL STATISTICS, Other
- Thematic Tags
- Political, Formalization, Governance, Legal, Land Rights, Laws and Regulations, Licensing, Mineral Rights, Environmental, Degradation, Land, Pollution, Water
- Minerals
- Gold
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Country
- Ecuador
- Last Updated
- October 6, 2019