Glencore to abandon mining in Colombia amid growing woes
Multinational Glencore’s subsidiary in Colombia said Thursday that it will abandon its...
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Making money off war: Colombia court orders investigation of mining executives
Colombia’s business community may be shielded from a war crimes tribunal, but that...
Work on controversial Colombia coal railway blocked by residents
Engineering work ordered by Colombia’s constitutional court that would allow the...
Dutch minister visits Colombia to see ‘blood coal’ victims
A delegation from the Netherlands, including government ministers, parliamentarians and energy...
Coal giant must merge Colombia operations, pay more taxes to renew license: minister
Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Amylkar Acosta told the mining company Prodeco,...
Drummond demands NGO retract accusations it funded paramilitaries
Dutch peace organization PAX must answer for “defamation, slander, and possibly criminal...
Why Drummond and Glencore are accused of exporting Colombian blood coal
The push to boycott “blood coal” exported from Colombia by Drummond and Glencore is...
Colombia’s biggest coal companies dodge specifics over ‘payment to armed groups’ claims
Mining companies Drummond Ltd. and Glencore subsidiary Prodeco denied allegations the companies...
Strike at Glencore Colombia mine declared legal
A strike at Glencore’s Colombian coal mine La Jagua continued on Tuesday after a regional court issued a resolution declaring the walkout legal. The strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions started on...
US mining company ‘runs out of coal stocks’ due to strike
Eleven days into a labor strike at Colombia’s main coal railway U.S.-based mining company Drummond canceled coal cargoes and announced it is running out of stocks. Drummond faces dwindling port stockpiles and has...
Colombian coal workers vote to strike at Glencore-owned mine
Coal workers on Saturday have voted to strike over pay and working conditions at the 3-million-tonne-per-year La Jagua mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit in northern Colombia, a union said. Colombia is the world’s...
Strike halts Glencore’s Colombian coal mine: Union
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...
