Mar 14, 2013Giant coal miner Cerrejon bombed in Colombia. Kerry Hall March 14, 2013 9:23 pm Energy Latin America Coal . A bomb attack Thursday morning derailed a train used by Colombia’s biggest coal
ContactCerrejon said 17 wagons were hit putting the train out of commission for three or four days, however, port and mining operations would continue. The bombing comes a few days after the giant coal miner a joint venture between Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata
ContactOct 13, 2013Colombia’s coal sector has had a turbulent 2013 Cerrejon was hit by a month-long strike in February followed by a seven week stoppage at Colombia’s No. 2 miner, Drummond starting in July.
Contactcoal mining in colombia squaracrafts.co.za. Colombia Mining News and Commentary MINING. Colombia bomb halts Cerrejon coal train output, exports unaffected Reuters
ContactMay 02, 2019Giant Coal Miner Cerrejon Bombed In Colombia. Aug 29 2019018332the company adds that thermal coal the cheapest power option in many markets for decades is
ContactThe Cerrejón mine in Colombia, one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, is linked to the forced displacement of indigenous Wayúu and Afro-Colombian communities and widespread,
ContactJul 25, 2013As South America's largest open-pit coal mine, Cerrejón boasts a production capacity of 32m tonnes per year most of which (about 60%) goes to fuel Europe's coal-fired
ContactJun 23, 2020The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency. Statement from
ContactThe Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia is the biggest open-cast coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest surface coal mining operations in the world. It is a high-quality thermal coal
ContactMay 24, 2021Commenting on the blockades, the Colombian Mines and Energy Ministry said on Twitter that 200,000t of coal export has been suspended. This led to losses of $21.3m
ContactOct 13, 2013The railway owned and used exclusively by Cerrejon, carried 32.7 million metric tons of coal from its mine in La Guajira province to its port, Puerto Bolivar in 2012, the company said.
ContactMar 18, 2013Giant coal miner Cerrejon bombed in Colombia A bomb attack last Thursday morning derailed a train used by Colombia’s biggest coal producer Cerrejon to transport goods to Puerto Bolivar on the coast, reports Reuters. Cerrejon said 17 wagons were hit putting the train out of commission for three or four days, however, port and mining operations
ContactOct 24, 2013Second attack on largest coal mine in Colombia. In Colombia, Cerrejon Mine, the largest coal producer of the country, suffered a second bomb attack by suspected FARC rebels, but the company says it will not have an immediate impact on exports, RUVR noted. Bomb attack in Cerrejon Mine causes major impact Published on: 24 October 2013 .
ContactJul 25, 2013The Cerrejón mine in La Guajira, Colombia. As South America's largest open-pit coal mine, Cerrejón boasts a production capacity of 32m tonnes per year.
ContactFeb 28, 2022Colombian coal miner Cerrejon’s production jumped 89% last year to 23.4 million tonnes, the company said in a statement on Monday, recovering from the hit from a three-month strike and the
ContactAug 31, 2020Cerrejon employs more than 5,500 workers, including 4,600 union members. The last strike at Cerrejon in February 2013 lasted 32 days. Last year, coal prices fell to an average of $51.40 per tonne
ContactMay 24, 2021Commenting on the blockades, the Colombian Mines and Energy Ministry said on Twitter that 200,000t of coal export has been suspended. This led to losses of $21.3m (COP80bn) for the mining industry. Reuters cited Cerrejon as saying: “Cerrejon is currently suffering two blockades, led by people unconnected to the company, which have impeded the
ContactJan 14, 2021The miner produced 12.4-million tonnes of coal in 2020, down almost 52% from the 25.8-million tonnes it produced in 2019. Exports fell 48.2% from 26.3-million tonnes in 2019 to 13.6-million tonnes
ContactThe Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia, is the largest in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Its steady expansion since its founding in 1976 has led to the destruction of whole villages populated by local indigenous and Afro-Colombian people. The extracted coal is almost exclusively for export to rich countries with
ContactCerrejon Coal, Colombia: “an abusive marriage, full of machismo” Jun 24 2014 Richard Solly, coordinator of London Mining Network wrote: for nearly fourteen years, I have been working in support of communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine, a vast opencast mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia. I have just returned from a visit
ContactJan 30, 2018January 30, 2018. The sun is rising in the Indigenous reserve Provincial, in the northern Colombian province of La Guajira. The morning silence is broken by a pounding sound, emanating from a nearby mining pit just a few hundred meters from the community. Photo Ynske Boersma El Cerrejón is among the world’s largest coal mines.
ContactCerrejón coal mine or minera del Cerrejón is a surface mine, owned by the Cerrejón Coal Company, a subsidiary of Glencore, near the village of Albania in the La Guajira department of Colombia.. Cerrejón is the largest coal mine in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world. In 2011, the mine underwent an expansion, called the Cerrejon P-40 Expansion.
ContactExpansion of Cerrejon thermal coal mine. In August 2011, three of the U.K.'s largest listed miners Xstrata Coal, BHP Billiton, and Anglo American in the Colombian Cerrejon coal mine approved a $1.3 billion project to expand the coal mine's output by 25%. Each own a 33.3% stake in the mine and will invest $437 million each.
ContactJun 29, 2021The stake sale in Cerrejon coal mine represents Anglo American’s exit from thermal coal operations. Glencore has signed a $588m agreement to acquire full ownership of the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia from joint venture partners BHP and Anglo American. The firm will purchase the remaining stake in the venture it does not already own by
ContactA bomb attack Sunday morning derailed a train used by Colombia's biggest coal producer Cerrejon to transport goods to Puerto Bolivar reports Reuters.. Cerrejon did not say how long the railway that carries more than 30 million tonnes per year will be out of commission but port exports and mining operations would continue.
ContactOct 24, 2013Second attack on largest coal mine in Colombia. In Colombia, Cerrejon Mine, the largest coal producer of the country, suffered a second bomb attack by suspected FARC rebels, but the company says it will not have an immediate impact on exports, RUVR noted. Bomb attack in Cerrejon Mine causes major impact Published on: 24 October 2013 .
ContactJan 19, 2021The probe comes just months after the United Nations called on BHP, Anglo American and Glencore to suspend some operations at the massive Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia, in the La Guajira
ContactAug 31, 2020Cerrejon employs more than 5,500 workers, including 4,600 union members. The last strike at Cerrejon in February 2013 lasted 32 days. Last year, coal prices fell to an average of $51.40 per tonne
ContactJul 25, 2013Cerrejón mine: located in La Guajira, north-east Colombia, this open-pit coal mine generates 32 million tonnes of coal per year. 100% is exported.
ContactGiant coal miner Cerrejon bombed in Colombia MINING . A bomb attack Thursday morning derailed a train used by Colombia's biggest coal producer Cerrejon to transport goods to Puerto Bolivar on the coast, reports Reuters. Colombia rail blast slows transport at Cerrejon coal mine: Media .
ContactCerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore.At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. At over 690 square kilometres (270 sq mi) the mine is one of the largest of its type, the largest in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world.
ContactThe Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the Middle-Late Paleocene.It is found in the El Cerrejón sub-basin of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin of La Guajira and Cesar.The formation consists of bituminous coal fields that are an important economic resource. Coal from the Cerrejón Formation is mined extensively from the Cerrejón open-pit coal
ContactJun 29, 2021The stake sale in Cerrejon coal mine represents Anglo American’s exit from thermal coal operations. Glencore has signed a $588m agreement to acquire full ownership of the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia from joint venture partners BHP and Anglo American. The firm will purchase the remaining stake in the venture it does not already own by
ContactJun 28, 2021Cerrejón is an open-pit coal-export mining operation in Colombia. The company plays an important role in the Colombian economy and in the region of La Guajira, where it operates a mine, railroad and port facilities. The gross assets of Cerrejón are US$2.968 billion. The loss attributable to Cerrejón in the year ended 31 December 2020 was US
ContactCerrejón is one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, covering about 69,000 hectares in the La Guajira region of Colombia. GLAN, which is being supported by Christian Aid Ireland and CAJAR
ContactFeb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021 3:09PM EST. Colombian coal mine Cerrejon said on Friday it has signed an agreement with a Wayuu indigenous community to comply with court-ordered environmental and health requirements.
ContactCerrejón ha iniciado cuatro obras que beneficiarán a 337 familias de comunidades vecinas a su operación. Mar, 05/24/2022 09:09. Leer más. Cerrejón rechaza los hechos violentos contra una lideresa wayuu del Resguardo de Provincial. Lun, 05/23/2022 17:47.
ContactJul 22, 2020The battle pits members of the Wayuu — the largest Indigenous group in Colombia — against the owners of the one of the largest coal mines in the world, and at over 270 square miles, the largest open-pit coal mine in all of Latin America. The mine — owned jointly by global giants BHP (Britain-Australia), Anglo American (South Africa), and
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