Tag: gold mining
Chinese mining company sues Colombia over paramilitary violence
The multinational Zijin Mining Group sued Colombia over alleged failures to protect its mining...
UAE’s $1 billion mining project in Colombia suspected of corruption and opposed by masses
More than 50,000 people reportedly took to the streets in northeast Colombia on Friday in an...
“Communities don’t matter”: Colombia’s former mining association head
The former head of Colombia’s mining association ACM and CEO of gold mining firm Minesa has...
‘FARC dissidents’ attack multinational miner in north Colombia: three workers killed
At least three people were killed, three were injured an one person is missing after alleged FARC...
Colombia bans mercury in gold mining
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold...
Colombia gold exporter used homeless and deceased to launder $450.000
One of Colombia’s main gold exporting companies, S & JIL SAS, used homeless and deceased...
North Colombia gold mining towns shut down amid deadly dispute with Canadian multinational
Two key gold mining towns in the north of Colombia went on a massive strike Monday amid government...
Colombians infuriated over mining plans in tourist hotspot
For the second time in one month, Colombians are infuriated over mining plans in one of their...
Wanted ELN leader captured trying to watch World Cup
A high-ranking officer in Colombia’s ELN rebel group, the second largest on the country, was...
Collapse in illegal mine kills 3 and traps 2 in Colombia’s south
Three people have been left dead and two trapped after an illegal mine collapsed in southwestern...
Authorities rule out survivors in lethal illegal mine collapse, 5 deaths already
Local authorities said Saturday that they have ruled out the possibility of there being survivors...
Gold for gold: Colombia offers reward for information on illegal mining
President Juan Manuel Santos announced Thursday that the government will now be offering large...
