Cost of Colombia strikes amount to $470M: Banks
Five strikes from differing sectors of Colombia’s economy during the final quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, represented a loss of approximately $470 million, banks said Friday.…
Five strikes from differing sectors of Colombia’s economy during the final quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, represented a loss of approximately $470 million, banks said Friday.…
Coal transportation around the northern, coastal city of Santa Marta was suspended on Wednesday, due to dust emissions affecting the community. The environmental authority of Santa Marta, Magdalena imposed the ban…
Parties representing coal mining company Cerrejon and workers’ union Sintracarbon on Monday signed a three year labour agreement, bringing to an end a 32 day long strike at the largest…
The export ban on Drummond, Colombia’s second-largest exporter of coal, was lifted Friday. Drummond shipping operations were suspended on February 6 after the Alabama-based company dumped tons of coal into…
Colombia’s largest coal miner, Cerrejon, said Sunday that rebels have broken into the mine’s premises in the north of the country and burned down several of the companies’ trucks. “In…
A labor dispute between the Cerrejon coal company and its striking workers will continue after both sides fail to reach an agreement regarding wage negotiations. The Cerrejon mine located in…
Colombia on Monday demanded a contingency plan of U.S. coal mining company Drummond after it revoked its operating license last week in response to an environmentally hazardous spill off the…
Colombia is expected to produce just over 2% less coal in 2012 than estimated after labor unrest, newswire Reuters reported on Tuesday. A strike of the managers of Colombia’s main railway…
An explosives attack damaged the railroad connecting the northern Colombian coalmine of multinational Cerrejon to the Caribbean coast Thursday. Authorities have blamed the FARC for the attack. A wagon and…