Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

Lundin Gold expects to produce between 475,000 ounces and 525,000 ounces of gold per year from 2025 to 2027 at the Fruta del ...

Carlos D was the second-in-command of Los Lobos (The Wolves) and "considered a high-value target," the armed forces said in a ...

Lundin Gold expects to produce between 475 000 oz and 525 000 oz of gold per year from 2025 to 2027 at the Fruta del Norte mina in Ecuador, the company's chief executive Ron Hochstein told journalists ...

Adventus Mining has reached an investment agreement (IA) with the Government of Ecuador for the development of the Condor mining project in south-eastern Ecuador. This agreement lays the ...

Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision ...

By Maxwell Radwin The last time Ecuador held elections, in 2023, the country’s national assembly had been dissolved and ...

Voters were asked whether to ban mining in the highlands and further ... and the “Yes” vote won by 59%, according to Ecuador's electoral body. “Today Ecuador takes a giant step to protect ...

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Many view the US$ 3 billion project bankrolled by China's ExplorCobres S.A. as emblematic of the turmoil impeding Ecuador's push to become a mining power. Conflicts with indigenous communities ...

the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has applied the constitutional provision on the “Rights of Nature” to safeguard the Los Cedros cloud forest from mining concessions. The court voted seven in favor, ...

QUITO, Ecuador— Environmental groups filed a legal brief today urging the Provincial Court of Imbabura in Ecuador to halt all environmental permits for a mining project because the government failed ...