Incidencia económica de la industria extractiva del asentamiento Bella Rica, de la provincia del Azuay.

Abstract

Bella Rica, part of the foothills of the western mountain range, constitutes an important source of gold wealth, since mining settlements were evidenced, which led to the awarding of the concession directly in the year. Currently operate more than 34 small-scale mining companies, occupying more than 3000 jobs; the tax impact in this productive area is of great consideration for the country; but this promising scenario is marked by multiple shortcomings in the productive chain, environmental, legal, control and regulation aspects by state entities. On the other hand, the mission of the Cooperativa Aurífera minera Bella Rica, has not been precisely the mining promotion, rather, oriented to other purposes to which arbitration refers to litigation between operators and the sale of necessary supplies for the activity; defined this as a dissension of interests and pursuit of profit. However, after obtaining somewhat satisfactory results on the economic contribution but less encouraging in the social field, it is concluded that the formation of an "industrial park" should be planned, since the inhabitants maintain tolerance against the existing operations; nevertheless, it is important to recognize that there is no real institutionality in the surveillance entities, which should redirect th eir objectives to mining promotion, research and development for new techniques that ontribute to the optimum use of resources and thus direct small-scale mining to a "selective.