Posted by Toni Peters | Dec 6, 2011 | Economy
South Africa-based mining company AngloGold Ashanti is returning 38 mining licenses for areas of Colombia where mining has now been forbidden, economic publication Dinero reported Monday. The mining company is in talks with...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 6, 2011 | Economy
A new Ecopetrol plant producing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has gone into operation in east Colombia, the state-run petroleum company announced Monday. The Cusiana plant, in the department of Casanare in the Eastern Plains of...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 2, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Finance Minister says the country will earn $4.5 billion in royalties in 2012, financial magazine Dinero reported. Juan Carlos Echeverry made the prediction following a debate in Congress regarding the bill,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 2, 2011 | Medellin
A concert of Christmas carols and Yuletide yodelling will take place on December 10. The plaza in front of Medellin’s Museum of Modern Art will be the venue with the Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Medellin...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 2, 2011 | News
Bogota’s interim mayor has confirmed the arrival of an additional 1,500 police officers for the capital beginning December 15, Colombian media reported Friday. Mayor Clara Lopez Obregon said that the additional officers...
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