Through Ministerial Agreement No. MAE-MAE 2026-0056-AM, the Ministry of Environment and Energy issued the “Guidelines and Minimum Parameters for the Structuring and Content of Mining Exploitation Agreements in Ecuador” (hereinafter
On May 4, 2026, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (CCE) issued a judgment deciding the extraordinary action for protection (AEP) filed by the sectoral ministry (at the time, the Ministry
Through Agreement No. MAE-MAE-2026-0057-AM (published in Official Gazette No. 288 of May 20, 2026), the Minister of Environment and Energy issues the guidelines that set minimum, mandatory, and uniform parameters
The Board of Directors of the National Mining Company ENAMI EP (the “ENAMI”), through resolution number 280-2026-DIR-ENAMIEP, issued the Regulations for the exercise of the associativity and contracting capacity of
The Ministry of Environment and Energy has officially launched the Public Selection Process (PPS) for the development of the Combined Cycle Block I – 400 MW, a key initiative within
On March 2, 2026, the Organic Law for the Strengthening of the Strategic Mining and Energy Sectors was published in the Fifth Supplement of the Official Gazette No. 234, through
The National Assembly approved the “Organic Law for the Strengthening of the Strategic Mining and Energy Sectors” that reforms the Mining Law. The scope of the reform is described below.
Through judgment No. 1296-19-JP/25 of November 13, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (the “CCE”) established binding standards on free, prior, and informed consultation (the “FPIC”) applicable to indigenous peoples
Resolution number NAC-DGERCGC26-00000001 of January 9, 2026, published in Official Gazette 200 third supplement of January 9, 2026, amends resolution number NAC-DGERCGC25-000000004 of February 20, 2025, which contains the rules
The Constitutional Court, through Judgment No. 112-21-IN/25, dated December 11, 2025, declared the unconstitutionality of Article 25, paragraph 1, of the Organic Law of the Public Electric Energy Service (LOSPEE),
