The multinational Zijin Mining Group sued Colombia over alleged failures to protect its mining interests from violence by paramilitary group EGC. The lawsuit was filed before the World Bank’s International…
More than 50,000 people reportedly took to the streets in northeast Colombia on Friday in an attempt to end a $1 billion gold mining project they say will pollute their…
The former head of Colombia’s mining association ACM and CEO of gold mining firm Minesa has been caught on video saying that “communities don’t matter” for decision makers in Bogota…
At least three people were killed, three were injured an one person is missing after alleged FARC dissidents attacked a mining project of multinational Continental Gold in northern Colombia, the…
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold mining. The highly poisonous chemical will also gradually be phased out in other industries until a…
One of Colombia’s main gold exporting companies, S & JIL SAS, used homeless and deceased people to launder money worth almost $450,000, the Prosecutor General said on Sunday. Six people…
Two key gold mining towns in the north of Colombia went on a massive strike Monday amid government attempts to shut down small mining operations and after the assassination of the local miners’…
For the second time in one month, Colombians are infuriated over mining plans in one of their country’s most treasured natural sites.
A high-ranking officer in Colombia’s ELN rebel group, the second largest on the country, was captured while watching the World Cup on cable TV, national media reported Saturday.