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• Coal Deposits of Colombia

  extensive coal beds of Colombia. They are in seven coal basins whereof the districts Guajira and Cesar near of the coast are economically to the most interesting areas. The largest reserves are situated on the peninsula of Guajira. Reasons for the beginning of coal mining activities in Colombia gave the offer shortage released by the second

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• Gold Mining in Colombia INNInvesting News Network

  Gold Mining in Colombia Investing News NetworkOctober 2nd 2015 Here s a look at Trident Gold Colombian Mines and AngloGold Ashanti three companies that are exploring for gold in Colombia.

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• RWE npower Colombian coal is killing our children Close

  The coal power station at Aberthaw is not just polluting much of South Wales with its filthy emissions. It could also be seriously damaging the health of children in Colombia with coal dust from BHP Billiton s massive Cerrejón coal mine. In this open letter Luz Ángela Uriana Epiayu implores RWE npower to shut down its stinking obsolete and illegal power station.

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• Murray Energy Corporation is the Largest Underground Coal

  We operate two surface mines in Colombia South America. Murray Energy is positioned to produce about seventy-six million tons of coal per year. Murray Energy holds approximately three billion salable tons of coal reserves. Most importantly Murray Energy operates among the safest underground coal mines in the world.

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• Open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon Colombia

  Jul 08 2019 · The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate owners Coal mining in Colombia Diversion of the Arroyo Bruno and fulfilment of Constitutional Court Sentence SU-698 of 2017 We are writing to express our deep concern about the continuing attempts by the Cerrejón Coal Company and

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• Illegal gold mining fuels violence in Colombia Al Jazeera

  Illegal gold mining fuels violence in Colombia. Local miners say they feel caught between exploitative armed groups and a government crackdown on informal mining.

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• Drummond Ltd. ColombiaA proven leader in the coal

  The initiative driven by Vicki Hollub Chair of the U.S.-Colombia Business Council also has the support of Occidental Petroleum Citi and Coca-Cola. The President of Colombia Iván Duque received a signed copy of this agreement during the event.

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• Mines Drummond Company Inc.

  Drummond transports the coal from the mines 120 miles by railcar on the renovated portion of the Colombian National Railroad System directly to Puerto Drummond the deep-water ocean port. This port has the capability to load all sizes of vessels from handy-size up to the largest capesize. Heavy investment in production infrastructure has

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• Colombia s mining sector could receive 1.5 billion

  May 16 2017 · Mining could become Colombia s economic growth engine with investments of at least 1.5 billion a year over the next five years if the government guarantees legal certainty to businesses the

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• Colombian drug cartels mine illegal gold spread violence

  Colombia s illicit mining industry like the far-flung operation that police raided late last year generates about 2.4 billion a year in criminal cash — three times more than the country s

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• The latest coal news leading coal magazine World Coal

  The latest coal news industry trends and events from World Coal magazine including mining handling coal bed methane and special reports. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript.

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• Living in the Shadow of Colombia s Largest Coal Mine

  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. Communities in La Guajira one of Colombia s poorest provinces say mining activities are polluting their water and harming their health.

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• Stop Blood CoalPeace organisation PAX

  From 1996 to 2006 residents of the Cesar mining region of Colombia from which European power utilities source most of their coal have suffered greatly from paramilitary violence. At least 3100 people have been murdered 55 000 farmers have been driven

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• Coal Drummond Company Inc.

  Drummond has been in the business of mining coal since our inception in 1935. Our US mining operations are located in Alabama while our international mining operations are located in Colombia and serve customers in both the U.S. and abroad.

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• Cerrejón mine in Colombia can it address its human rights

  Jul 25 2013 · 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.

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• COAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICAUSGS

  COAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA By Jean N. Weaver and Gordon H. Wood Jr. Pamphlet to accompany COAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP C-145. CONTENTS Summary 1 Introduction 1 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Colombia 29 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Ecuador 31 Coal Mines and Occurrences in Guyana 32

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• US utilities turn to Colombia Russia for coal in 2014

  Jul 29 2014 · U.S. utilities are importing more coal from countries like Colombia Russia and Indonesia in 2014 to hedge against poor railroad service fulfill unique blends and in an alarming trend for

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• The Illegal Gold Mining Boom That s Poisoning Colombia OZY

  Jul 25 2017 · Efrain Oliveros wants to show what he keeps tucked deep in his wallet for good luck as he motors around the hills of Buenos Aires a gold-mining town in the Cauca Department of western Colombia.

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• Coal in Colombia INNInvesting News Network

  Colombia has long been a coal mining hotspot but improving political conditions and a shifting coal market are drawing increased attention to the South American jurisdiction. While it rarely

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• Stop Blood CoalPeace organisation PAX

  From 1996 to 2006 residents of the Cesar mining region of Colombia from which European power utilities source most of their coal have suffered greatly from paramilitary violence. At least 3100 people have been murdered 55 000 farmers have been driven

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• Coal Mining in ColombiaCSU Global Connections

  Sep 16 2015 · By Dr. Suzanne Kent In early June I traveled to the northern region of Colombia. I was part of a small delegation of people from the U.S. and Canada investigating the impacts of open pit coal mining on communities in the region. It was a privilege to dialogue with leaders from the indigenous Wayuu Afro-Colombian and

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• Burning problems Estimating the social and environmental

  Through an in-depth economic analysis of coal mining in Cesar Colombia a researcher concludes that the environmental and social costs of coal mining outweighs the coal s market price — even when the global cost of carbon is not taken into account.

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• ColombiaMining and quarrying Britannica

  ColombiaColombiaMining and quarrying 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 reaches of the San Jorge River

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• Colombia Coal Mine Blasting.MPGYouTube

  Dec 23 2009 · This is the final shot of 2009 for the La Jagua mine on the Caribean Coast of Colombia. It was shot just before 6 00 pm on December 21st. It is dark enough that you can see the flash from the

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• Coal Drummond Company Inc.

  Drummond has been in the business of mining coal since our inception in 1935. Our US mining operations are located in Alabama while our international mining operations are located in Colombia and serve customers in both the U.S. and abroad.

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• Burning problems Estimating the social and environmental

  Through an in-depth economic analysis of coal mining in Cesar Colombia a researcher concludes that the environmental and social costs of coal mining outweighs the coal s market price — even when the global cost of carbon is not taken into account.

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• Mines Drummond Ltd. ColombiaA proven leader in the

  During the late 1980s Drummond acquired the mining rights to significant coal reserves in northern Colombia near La Loma Cesar. Development commenced in the early 1990s. The characteristics of our Colombian coal compare favorably with those of other internationally marketed steam coals. Drummond s coal is one of the lowest sulfur and ash coals currently exported from Colombia.

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• Forgotten in the dust of northern ColombiaWashington Post

  Aug 07 2017 · The Guajira Peninsula where the Wayuu live is also home to one of the world s largest open-pit coal mines Cerrejon owned by a British-Swiss-Australian conglomerate.

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• El Cerrejón mine Colombia EJAtlas

  Environmental contamination affects the company s workers and the inhabitants of both the mining areas and the port while international capital benefits from one of the biggest cola mines in Colombia.

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• El Cerrejón mine Colombia EJAtlas

  Environmental contamination affects the company s workers and the inhabitants of both the mining areas and the port while international capital benefits from one of the biggest cola mines in Colombia.

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• CoalGlencore

  We are a major producer of thermal coal semi-soft and coking coal from five mines in the Bowen Basin. Our Bowen Basin coal is exported from the ports of Abbot Point Dalrymple Bay and Gladstone (Wiggins Island Coal Terminal and RG Tanna Coal Terminal).

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• Background Reference ColombiaU.S. Energy Information

  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 operate in the region of La Guajira. 29

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• ColombiaGlencore

  Some NGOs have called on energy companies to stop buying Colombian-produced coal following the country s history of armed conflict. This would have a major impact on the people of Colombia where the coal industry directly employs 89 000 people. In the Cesar province 47 of GDP comes from the mining

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• How Colombia can plan for a future without coal

  the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the National Agency for Mining. Challenges associated with a coal transition in Colombia Any decline in production could have significant effects on public revenues and investments in Cesar and La Guajira the two departments that produce and export over 90 of Colombian coal (SIMCO 2018).

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• Coal Deposits of Colombia

  extensive coal beds of Colombia. They are in seven coal basins whereof the districts Guajira and Cesar near of the coast are economically to the most interesting areas. The largest reserves are situated on the peninsula of Guajira. Reasons for the beginning of coal mining activities in Colombia gave the offer shortage released by the second

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