Church investors' visit to Colombian coal mines causes concern. Colombian riot police carry out forced eviction at Roche, La Guajira, Colombia, on 24 February 2016, so that the Cerrejon coal mine can expand. In late February, a delegation of Church investors from several countries visited coal mining regions in the provinces of Cesar and La ...

BHP's Colombian thermal coal mine is under renewed pressure to close, this time from an arm of the United Nations. UN Special Rapporteur for …

The OTA has been a frequent target for guerrilla attacks.[15] ... The government owns all hydrocarbon reserves, and Colombian coal production is exclusively managed by private companies. The largest coal producer in Colombia is the Carbones del Cerrejon (Cerrejon) consortium, composed of Anglo-American, BHP Billiton, and Glencore Xstrata, which ...

The 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.

Mineral industry of Colombia refers to the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials in Colombia.Colombia is well-endowed with minerals and energy resources. It has the largest coal reserves in Latin America, and is second to Brazil in hydroelectric potential. Estimates of petroleum reserves in 1995 were 3.1 billion barrels (490,000,000 m 3).

Colombia's top coal producer and one of the top exporting companies in the world Cerrejón (a JV between Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore Xstrata) has said that meeting its 2013 production target of 34 Mt will be difficult after a month long strike earlier this year and guerrilla attacks …

The mine produces one tonne of coal from seven cubic metres of raw material, a measure that engineers call the "strip ratio". Cerrejón made a pre-tax profit of $727m in 2005, 15.6 per cent ...

mining sector exceeded US$13.12 billion, an 8.3% rise on 2011, although there are signs that interest is cooling. Colombia has slipped from third to fifth place

From Colombia: multinational mining company accused of hiring paramilitaries. Article written by my good friend, independent journalist Manuel Rueda . Over two hundred Colombians have placed a lawsuit at an Alabama district court against a Birmingham-based Drummond coal company for financing right wing death squads in Colombia. Drummond runs an open pit coal mine in the northern Cesar ...

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - A stretch of the railway belonging to Colombia's biggest coal producer, Cerrejon, was bombed late on Tuesday, the second such attack in 10 days but one that would not have any immediate impact on exports, the company said in a statement. Military sources said this attack, like the previous one, was the work of the leftist FARC rebels.

Terrorist attacks on Colombia's largest coal producer, Cerrejon, increased to a record last year as Marxist guerrillas step up an offensive against mining companies they say are looting the ...

Colombia's coal production from January to September fell to 60 million tonnes, down 11.2 percent from the same period of 2012, the National Mining …

However, suspected FARC rebels on Thursday assaulted part of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon, intimidating workers and destroying vehicles in a rare attack on a foreign company. The mine ...

BHP's thermal coal exit is a deal that has been pregnant for a while, with the market anticipating a near-term delivery. The company's chief executive Mike Henry declared the miner's position last year - that its suite of assets would move to a lower-carbon future footing with no space for thermal coal on the portfolio.

1. Introduction The Carbones del Cerrejón mine is the largest open caste coal mine in the world, situated in the northern state of La Guajira, Colombia. It is jointly owned by AngloAmerican, BHP Billiton and Xstrata (previously Glencore), operating under local Cerrejón management.

Colombian guerrilla attacks BHP coal mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 5, 2012 | 6:12 pm Energy Europe Latin America Coal . An alleged unit from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or ...

Colombia- Indigenous Communities Ask IACHR's intervention to Prevent Irreparable Damage from Mining in Guajira Province ... this area has been the site of the largest open pit coal mine in Latin America for the last forty years. ... the mine is run by Carbones del Cerrejón, which is owned by multinationals Glencore, BHP and Anglo American ...

From Mines and Communities. There has been massive support among local communities in Colombia for striking workers who have previously backed them in confronting the Cerrejon coal mining expansions. The workers have rejected …

A coal train from Colombia's Cerrejon mine was derailed by a guerrilla bomb attack early Tuesday morning, disrupting the mine's transport …

These days, countryside instability remains—including an apparent March attack by the FARC on El Cerrejon, Colombia's largest coal mine operated by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata. But under Uribe's decisive anti-guerilla campaign, along with a demobilization of the paramilitaries formed to fight them, have yielded successes.

BHP is also looking to offload its coal assets in Australia, while Anglo spun off its coal portfolio in South Africa earlier this month. Cerrejon, where current mining concessions are due to expire in 2034, is an integrated mining and transportation complex in Colombia's La Guajira province, in the northeastern part of the country, which ...

Book Review: Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights. In the immediate aftermath of the Colombian state murders in Ecuador, massive demonstrations were held across Colombia and throughout the world on behalf of Colombians killed by state or paramilitary violence. One of the immediate consequences has been renewed ...

The action blocked a line of the train network surrounding the Cerrejon open pit coal mine, owned by multinational mining giants BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Xstrata. Just before midnight on Saturday, riot police cracked down on the mobilization, arresting between seven and 15 people, according to varying accounts, including one minor.

HEAVY equipment at a Colombian mine part owned by BHP BIlliton has been blown up by guerillas in the fifth such attack this year. less than 2 min read September 5, 2012 - 7:11AM

The leftwing guerrilla group, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, has lately stepped up attacks on oil workers, pipelines, and railway lines.In early July an explosion hit a ...

That sits well with top global miner and trader Glencore, whose purchase of a major coal mine in Colombia will generate a bonus of hundreds of millions of dollars before the deal has even been completed. The miner bought the 66% shares in the Cerrejon thermal coal mine it didn't yet control from rivals BHP Group and Anglo American in June ...

Rail transport of coal from Colombia's Cerrejon mine has been restored after a May 27 guerrilla bomb attack paralyzed transportation to the Caribbean coast, the company said on Tuesday.

A review of the activities of some of the transnational corporations in Colombia and how they have taken advantage of the social and armed conflict to maximize their profits at the cost of the Colombian people and environment.

Guerrillas bomb Cerrejon railway in Colombia (Image courtesy of Shutterstock) A bomb attack Sunday morning derailed a train used by Colombia's biggest coal …

The 10 biggest coal mines in the world Mining Technology. The 10 biggest coal mines in the world. By Praveen Duddu . Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia is the world's tenth largest coal mine by reserve. With estimated recoverable coal reserves of more than 1.7 billion tonnes, it is also the largest open-cast coal mine in China. Get Price

LONDON (Reuters) -Diversified miner Glencore will become the sole owner of the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia by buying out partners BHP and Anglo American, boosting its coal assets at a time when others are looking to exit the sector. Glencore said on Monday it expects to pay $230 million for the combined 66% stake owned by BHP Group and Anglo when the deal …

In 2011, when coal prices were higher, Drummond Co. sold a 20 percent stake in the Colombian operations to Tokyo-based Itochu for $1.5 billion. Based on that sale, the Colombian mines …

The attack occurred late on Monday in northern La Guajira province where the open-pit coal mine is located. Colombia bomb halts Cerrejon coal train; output, exports unaffected - MINING…

The miner bought the 66% shares in the Cerrejon thermal coal mine it didn't yet control from rivals BHP Group and Anglo American in June this year for an aggregate $588 million. The deal was welcomed by BHP's and Anglo's shareholders as a major divestment of coal assets to meet emissions targets and shift towards sustainable energy.

coal mine, at Cerrejon in La Guajira. In 1999-2000, annual production was around 17 million tons. Now, production has exceeded 31 million tons, and the current owners, Anglo American PLC, BHP Billiton, and Xstrata Coal, have invested more than 800 million dollars.