The mine''s coal is shipped around the world, especially to power plants in the Atlantic regions of Europe and North America. People in the mine''s home country and in the places that consume the coal have come forth to reiterate the communities'' demands.
CMC Coal Marketing Company (CMC) is the exclusive marketer of Cerrejon coal from Colombia. Accountability: Our integrated coal handling infrastructure – minerailport The Cerrejón mining complex is located on the La Guajira peninsula in the North East of Colombia.
The mine has also a heavy media coal preparation plant that is used to recover coal from the interface material remaining after mining. Cerrejon is historically one the lowest cost producers in Colombia, holding the lowest transportation and port costs among all Colombian coal producers within our dataset.
USAID has funded the Cerrejón Foundation, the charitable arm of the Cerrejón mine in Caribbean Colombia, to the tune of millions. A monthslong investigation reveals its community development projects are a front tied to a long history of displacement, violence, and death.
4 · The Cerrejón mine in La Guajira, Colombia, is one of the largest openpit coal mines in the world. Credit: Noel Healy, used with permission " Communities live in fear," he added.
Union, Colombia''s Cerrejon mine return to talks in bid . 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.
Cerrejón''s wiki: 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 Venezuela. The coal mine is situated in the northeastern part of the CesarRanchería Basin, the basi...
As it expanded operations, El Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia''s La Guajira department threatened the survival of nearby Wayúu indigenous people. Many now are malnourished and children have died.
Drummond Company, Inc. and its affiliates mine coal in Colombia through an 80 percent ownership interest in Drummond International, LLC, a joint venture with .
Cerrejon is the largest openpit coal mine in the world, with 30 years in the market, and an integrated operation which involves a thermal coalmine, a railroad of 150 kilometers and a seaport able to receive ships of up to 180 thousand tons of capacity.
Colombia: case study about coal for exportation A. Brief data about coal 1. Historic background ... One was called "Coal Mine of Camnel", and it was located in the zone that is currently known as EL CERREJÓN. Later on, in 1875, Mr. May found the ... del Cerrejon Ltd.
BOGOTA, Jan 20 (Reuters) The largest union at Cerrejon, Colombia''s top thermal coal mine, will begin a 10day voting period this weekend to decide whether to strike following failed salary and benefit negotiations with the company, the head of the union said on Saturday.
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An explosion on a railway line that feeds into Colombia''s biggest coal miner, Cerrejon, slowed transport between the mine and a Caribbean port in northern La Guajira province, local media.
Last month, Global Justice Now and Colombia Solidarity Campaign (both of them member groups of London Mining Network) supported me to take part in a delegation to La Guajira in Colombia, visiting communities affected by the massive Cerrejon coal is the largest opencast mine in Latin America and is owned by three mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange: .
Cerrejón Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cerrejón is a field or coal mine, located in the basin of the Ranchería River, ....This waste rock is loaded on 240tonne and 320tonne trucks and deposited in ...
Background. The Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, NorthEast Colombia, is one of the largest opencast coal mines in the world. The mine is situated in the northeastern part of the Ranchería river basin between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá.
This information is available only to subscribers. Start a free trial, to unlock the full potential of a subscription to BNamericas. Workers at Colombia''s largest coal miner Carbones del Cerrejón ...
