Communities to decide Ecuador mining projects’ fate

The country's car industry currently employs about 840,000 people, with 210,000 of them working on powertrain production, the sub-sector set to be the worst hit.

More hires are expected as brokers eye opportunities from China’s mainland exchanges opening to investors abroad.

The investment will increase the mine's copper output by 45 percent by 2020, with the value of production exceeding $2 billion annually.

A judge from the Ecuadorian province of Cuenca ruled that Ecuagoldmining South America S.A violated article 57 of the country’s Constitution.

No longer under water.

The two companies jointly own the Coimolache mining company in Peru, and are both junior partners in large mines in Peru controlled by U.S.-based companies.

Bear Creek would also consider selling a stake in the $550m Corani project in southern Peru to help pay for the project.

The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57% in 2017 from the previous year.

While the global mining industry is quickly becoming more digitally mature, that transformation continues to focus on productivity and profitability, rather than on much needed innovation, a new study shows.