Another Giant Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombia. Remarkable fossil finds in the vicinity of the Cerrejón coal mine in northern Colombia have revealed the presence of megareptiles that lived in this region some 60 million years ago.

The railway line of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon, was attacked with explosives overnight, causing the train to halt transport but without affecting production or exports, the company ...

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MINING 'BOOM' IN COLOMBIA The open economic mining policies of Colombia's lasts governments have led to internal displacement and harm to the environment by multinational mining

BOGOTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) Colombia's top thermal coal mine Cerrejon and its largest union have returned to talks in a bid to avoid a strike over pay and benefits, the two sides said on Friday. A 10day voting period for union members to decide whether to stop work after failed talks ends on Monday ...

Cerrejón. Cerrejón is a large openpit coal mine in Colombia. It is located in the southeast of the department of La Guajira, close to the border with coal mine is situated in the northeastern part of the CesarRanchería Basin, the basin of the Ranchería River, between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the west and the Serranía del Perijá to the southeast.

The Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the MiddleLate is found in the El Cerrejón subbasin of the CesarRanchería Basin of La Guajira and formation consists of bituminous coal fields that are an important economic resource. Coal from the Cerrejón Formation is mined extensively from the Cerrejón openpit coal mine, one of the ...

Cerrejon Open Pit Mine is located 56 km SW from Maicao, Colombia. Data Access ... Mines projects in Colombia. A list of country's mines and projects. Full profiles of select mines and projects. Overview. Owners. ... The subsequent mining and transportation ("coal chain") process currently employed by Cerrejón involves the sequential ...

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Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon has restarted loading and exporting from its Bolivar port after a suspension last week due to suspected contamination, the company said. Work at the port ...

El Cerrejón mine, Colombia 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 ... MiningTechnology Carbones del Cerrejón, Colombia ... PPT case: Glencore and Prodeco coal mining, Colombia ...

Nov 01, 2018· Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes. ... Many Wayuu claim the Cerrejón coal mine has contaminated and .

Department of State The 1999 Colombia Country Report on Economic Policy and Trade Practices. Australia Department of Foreign Affairs Trade A useful political and economic overview of Colombia, though written from somewhat of an Australiacentric point of view.

At least eight miners at an underground coal mine in Colombia have died and five more are missing after an explosion caused by methane gas, the national mining agency said on Saturday.

Jul 18, 2018· USAID Helps Colombia Mine Owners Prey on Blacks and Indigenous ... enlisted Department of the Interior officials to conduct initial geological surveys of the future Cerrejon site; "facilitate contacts" between a coal company and the Colombian government; introduce technologies that "altered considerably" the country's coal mining ...

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 to the area, my first in ten years and it was a massive, eyeopening shock.

Jan 29, 2019· Colombia: 13 NGOs express support for Afrodescendant community alleging loss of land, livelihood access to water caused by Cerrejon Coal. After years of conflicts over their right to land/territory, Afro Colombian communities of Roche that had been displaced by Cerrejon [joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton Glencore] decided to enter peacefully an area of the company to press .