- November 30, 2021
- Posted by: medium
- Category: National
The meeting takes place in Quito until November 26. The energy minister stressed that the country currently leads the economic climate indicator.
Until November 26, representatives of 250 Ecuadorian and foreign companies meet in the Mega Expomas and Ecuador Oil & Power, which is held in Quito, in order to promote business and investments in the public and private sectors.
The meeting is considered the most important for the country's mining and oil industries, it is organized by the company HJ Becdach. This year it develops in person again, because in 2020 it was not possible by pandemic.
The opening ceremony took place on the night of November 24, at the Metropolitan Convention Center in Quito, at the old Mariscal Sucre airport, north of the capital.
There, in a wide space of 10,000 square meters, the information stands are deployed where companies expose the products, services and opportunities for investment to the public. There are also entrepreneurship positions of some communities close to mining and oil projects.
Hassan Becdach, executive president of HJ Becdach, stressed that private and government should add efforts to create more employment sources, through mining and hydrocarbons, as well as in the other strategic sectors.
To achieve this, investments are required to have advanced technology that facilitates the development of their activities, while the State must provide facilities for business and legal certainty.
During the ceremony there was also talk of the participation of women in the mining industry. María Isabel Aillón, president of President of Women In mining (WIM) Ecuador, announced that the first survey will be conducted to know how many women work in mining, the results of the study are expected by 2022.
Bermeo stated that currently mining activities are carried out in just 6.93 % of the national territory; Of that, 5.36 % are concessioned for exploration and only 1.55 % for exploitation. "The opportunities are on the table, welcome the investment," he told businessmen.
The minister announced that in January 2022 the possession of the mines will be regularized and those who obtained irregular concessions will be sanctioned.
As for the oil sector, Bermeo mentioned that the Government plans to capture investments $ 19,000 million through 7 projects, with the 6 blocks of the intracampos 2 round 2 it is intended to obtain $ 731 million and generate 1,500 jobs. All this is planned for the first semester of 2022.
In the event there will be 140 technical and masterful conferences, debate panels and round tables, which can be followed through social networks. For next year it is expected that you are held between July 13 and 15, while Ecuador Oil & Power will be from October 24 to 26.