Background. The Cañaverales mine is one of three coal projects under development by the Turkish-owned BCC (Best Coal Company) in Colombia's La Guajira department; BCC's other two proposed projects are the Papayal and San Juan mines. The Cañaverales mine is estimated to have a useful life of 10 years, with the potential to produce 11.9 million …

Proposed Coal Mines Colombia has significant new coal mine proposals announced for development. The three largest proj-ects currently under consideration — San Juan (with …

Participants reported that in Colombia, underground and strip coal mines are mostly in remote areas, cordoned off with razor wire and heavily guarded. Workers …

U.S.-based coal miner Drummond Co Inc (DRMND.UL) on Tuesday launched a plan to reduce and offset carbon dioxide emissions from its operations, kicking off in Colombia, by implementing solutions to ...

Colombia has granted an extension to coal mining firm Drummond's license to operate La Loma mine in the Cesar province for another 20 years. The new contract at the mine will begin in May and, according to the National Mining Agency, it will generate $586m in royalties during its lifetime, reported Reuters. Drummond has been …

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The Carbocol-Intercor joint venture has a 33-year life covering exploration (1977–80), construction (1980–86) and production (1986–2009) phases. This was later extended to 2034. Over 90% of coal sales are made under long-term contracts. Total investment in the Carbones del Cerrejón project, including the mine, port and all the …

Cerrejón 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.

Prodeco gets clearance to relinquish Colombia coal mining contracts. Prodeco considers the Calenturitas and La Jagua mines uneconomic to restart activities. Glencore unit Prodeco has commenced the formal process of handing back contracts in Colombia pertaining to two coal mines after the country accepted a previously rejected …

Coal Mines and Occurrences in Colombia 29 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Ecuador 31 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Guyana 32 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Paraguay 33 ... lan and Colombian coal will probably increase in the near future. Deforestation is an environmental concern in many parts of South America. For this reason, coal as an alterna­

Colombia: SOMO report analyses impacts of coal mining by Drummond, Glencore and Prodeco in Cesar region and calls for European energy companies to cease purchasing coal from these mines. ... Exploring due diligence, disengagement and contribution to grave human rights violations associated with coal mining in Cesar …

Proposed Coal Mines Colombia has significant new coal mine proposals announced for development. The three largest proj-ects currently under consideration — San Juan (with estimated average annual production up to 28 Mtpa), Cañaverales (up to 2.5 Mtpa) and Papayal (up to 1.73 Mtpa) — are all owned by the Turkish multinational

Background. The Cañaverales mine is one of three coal projects under development by the Turkish-owned BCC (Best Coal Company) in Colombia's La Guajira department; BCC's …

U.S.–based Drummond Company, the second-largest coal producer in Colombia, operates two mines near La Loma, in the Cesar Basin.[31] In June 2011, Drummond entered into an 80%–20% partnership with Japan's Itochu Corporation, known as Drummond International, which now owns and operates its Colombia interests.[32]

Ownership. Mina El Descanso is a project of the Drummond Company Inc. In 2011 Drummond sold a 20% stake in its Colombian mining operations to the Japanese company Itochu Corp. In early 2021 Drummond Company Inc reassumed ownership of the mines. Coal Spill. According to Wood Mackenzie, "In 2013, a barge ferrying coal at …

The coal mine brings in 43 percent of La Guajira's gross domestic product, and 0.7 percent to Colombia as a whole, according to the Fedesarrollo investigations center.

Background. Alongside the Cañaverales Mine and Papayal Mine, the San Juan underground mine was initially a part of the Brazilian-owned MPX Project.. In early 2012, MPX spun off its Colombian coal assets to create a new subsidiary called CCX. According to a November 2013 article in Coal Age magazine, the MPX port (described in …

"The monster" is the name that local residents give to El Cerrejón, Latin America's largest open-pit coal mine in northern Colombia. Sprawling across an area of …

In early 2022, Drummond reported that it had been Colombia's leading coal producer for six consecutive years. Combined production from all of Drummond's Colombian mines …

The coal mine brings in 43 percent of La Guajira's gross domestic product, and 0.7 percent to Colombia as a whole, according to the Fedesarrollo investigations …

Children in Colombia are engaged in child labor in the artisanal, non-formal coal and gold mining sectors. These children break rocks, dig in the dirt with picks or their bare hands, remove water from mines, and lift heavy loads. They work long hours and are exposed to dangerous tools, hazardous substances, toxic gases, explosives, chemicals ...

La Guajira is a vast desert region in the extreme northeast of Colombia. It's one of the main sources of energy in Colombia, home to a multibillion dollar coal mining industry and a prime spot for new wind farms. La Guajira is also home to the largest indigenous reservation in the country, the Wayúu reservation.

Location : Colombia. Reserves : 337.9Mt. Mine Life : Until 2033. Ownership : Anglo American, BHP, and Glencore. The Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia is the …

Mine. In the center of La Guajira is the heart of our operations. We carry out the exploration and exploitation of Colombian coal following the highest operational and environmental standards. Once the mining process is finished, the land rehabilitation it begins in the intervened areas. At the mine, we also have the largest mining equipment ...

The El Hatillo mine is owned and operated by CNR (Colombia Natural Resources). The mine, which produces thermal coal, is located 210 kilometers southeast of Santa Marta in the central portion of Colombia's Cesar Department. The company states that "the concession area is adjacent to the town of La Loma and encompasses an area of 9,693 …

Andrés Camacho, Colombia's Minister of Energy and Mines, at the Senate in September 2023. (Image by the Senate's Accidental Commission on Mining, Twitter.

We are an organization dedicated to thermal coal mining, a benchmark in mining worldwide. ... 27,7. million metric tons of coal exported in 2022. 6. consecutive years as the company with the largest volume of coal production and exports in Colombia. 2nd. place in the categories of best reputation in the Colombian mining industry. $7,2. billions ...

STORY: The explosion took place late on Tuesday in a rural area of Sutatausa, about 75 km (46 miles) north of Bogota.One of the miners said: "At around 8:15 p.m. we heard a strong blast and then it triggered as if it were a quake. At that moment we left, and we saw all the mine entries ejecting smoke and dust."Rescue teams and …

Colombia - Mining, Quarrying, Resources: Coal, petroleum, and gold are chief among Colombia's long list of extraction and processing industries. Gold production comes largely from dredges operating in the west-central departments of Antioquia and Chocó. The export of ferronickel was initiated in 1985 from a major ore deposit, Cerro Matoso, in the upper …

We operate 26 mines in 21 mining complexes across Australia, Colombia and South Africa, supported by marketing offices across 19 countries. Our presence includes: ... The Impunzi Complex is a large export thermal coal mining operation located 110km east of Johannesburg. Tweefontein Complex.