Union workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine ditched plans to strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal on pay increases and benefits, the company and union said, averting potential…
The trade union representing workers at Cerro Matoso, one of Colombia’s largest open-pit mine, told Colombia Reports on Thursday they are asking the Labor Ministry to investigate the “abusive dismissal”…
Colombia’s national government, Australian miner BHP Billiton and communities living near the Cerro Matoso mine in the north of the country have signed an “act of understanding” to curb ongoing tensions over…
Operations at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine were temporarily suspended after a group of 6,000 indigenous protesters blocked the facility’s entrances late Wednesday.
Disturbing health abnormalities afflicting various towns in northern Colombia stem from the communities’ close proximity to the Cerro Matoso open-cast mine, according to environmental and health activists in the region.
Nickel production at the Cerro Matoso mine in Colombia, owned by Australian BHP Billiton, was up 72% in the first three months of the year compared to 2011, reported Reuters…
One of the world’s largest ferronickel producers Cerro Matoso was forced to pay the state nearly $20 million in royalties following an audit by the Colombian Comptroller General’s Office, various…
Colombia’s mining and energy minister says that contracts with Drummond and Cerro Matoso will only be renewed if it is in the interest of the nation. Ferronickel mining company Cerro…