Colombia inaugurates Latin America’s first large-tire recycling plant
Colombian mining company Carbones del Cerrejon Ltd. has inaugurated Latin America’s first...
Tag: Cerrejon
Cerrejon’s Colombia coal output down 1.48% in 2015
Coal miner Cerrejon’s Colombia production fell 1.48% in 2015 compared with the previous...
1000s of mechanics strike at Colombia’s biggest coal mines
3,500 mechanics at Colombia’s biggest coals mines have reportedly gone on strike to...
Colombia security firm continues blockade of coal mine over contract dispute
Workers from a private security firm have blocked the facilities at a coal mine in northeastern...
New York Yankees send scouts to northern Colombia
The Latin America scouts for the New York Yankees have made a visit to the northern Colombian...
Colombian miners offered ‘collective holidays’ to avoid mass layoffs
Workers at Colombia’s largest open-pit mine, Cerrejon, have been offered “collective...
Mining industry, Colombia’s ‘motor of the economy’, contracted in 2013
2013 was a bad year for Colombia’s mining industry with the three most important export products recording lower numbers than 2012. Due to a culmination of factors, coal, goal and nickel all recorded lower output in 2013...
200 jobs slashed at Colombia’s Cerrejon coal mine
Cerrejon Mining announced Monday that 200 workers will soon see their employment terminated as the...
Colombia’s Cerrejon sees coal output fall by 4.6% in 2013
Colombia’s Cerrejon mining conglomerate announced Monday that production at its coastal coal...
FARC allegedly attacks coal railway in north Colombia
An attack attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC derailed on Thursday a Cerrejon coal transporter and caused severe damage to the railway in the northern La Guajira department. According to reports, some 17...
President Santos urges Colombians to avoid striking
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday urged Colombians not to be manipulated and used in strikes that have been occurring throughout the country. “There is a deliberate action to promote strikes of all kinds, and...
Security remains key issue in Colombia: Santos
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday that the problem of security had yet to be resolved in the country. “There are many problems and the road ahead is very large, perhaps, the problem we spend the...
