Colombia coal production, exports jump in 2011: Govt
Colombia’s coal production jumped 15.4% in 2011 to 85.8 million tonnes versus the previous year while exports rose 16 percent to 79.2 million tonnes, the country’s mining regulator said on…
Colombia’s coal production jumped 15.4% in 2011 to 85.8 million tonnes versus the previous year while exports rose 16 percent to 79.2 million tonnes, the country’s mining regulator said on…
Colombia’s main rebel group FARC on Sunday bombed the railway of the country’s largest coal exporter Cerrejon LLC, forcing the company to suspend rail operations until Wednesday, an official said.…
Coal giant Drummond has donated $1 million to a relief fund for Colombians affected by the winter rains, financial publication Dinero reported Wednesday. The president of Drummond, Augusto Jimenez, officially…
Striking Colombian workers have halted operations at the 5-million-tonne-per-year Calenturitas coal mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit to demand better pay and working conditions, a union said on Thursday. Strikes and…
Coal production in Colombia, the world’s No. 4 coal exporter, jumped in the third quarter to 23 million tonnes, up nearly 28% from the same period last year, the country’s…
Drummond’s Colombian coal operations have restarted after protesters briefly shut down production following the death of a worker in an accident, a union leader said on Wednesday. Drummond, Colombia’s second…
Multinational coal giant Drummond Co has shut down the El Descanso mine after an accident in which an employee was fatally electrocuted, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Electrician Wiston Alberto Romero Celedon, aged…
The Alabama-based Drummond Co. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against a Washington labor lawyer who has campaigned publicly and in court for years trying to link its Colombia coal-mining operations…
Colombia’s top coal exporter Cerrejon LLC has produced about 23 million metric tons through mid-September and is sticking to its full-year output goal of 32 million metric tons despite recent…