Illegal mining along Colombia’s Pacific coast and run by illegal armed groups FARC and Urabeños is causing serious environmental damage, according to a report released by the National Police Thursday.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos released a statement Tuesday declaring that Colombia and Peru will increase bilateral efforts to combat the illegal mining and drug trafficking industries in their respective…
Environmental prosecutors have warned that 22 of Colombia’s 33 states are seriously affected by the consequences of illegal gold mining, reported newspaper El Espectador on Thursday.
One of Colombia’s most prominent gold exporters, Goldex, is under investigation for money laundering, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday.
For thousands of small and medium-scale miners who have been on strike throughout Colombia since the middle of July, Monday will be a day more or less similar to any…
BMW, Volkswagen, Samsung and Apple are among those multinational companies who have purchased tungsten from firms which allegedly have ties with Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, US television network…
Ongoing negotiations between Colombia’s government and small and medium-sized mining companies are complicated over the issue of formalizing recently started mining projects, the government said Monday.
The ELN (National Liberation Army) does not extort money from miners — or at least, it does not only do that. Instead, the second largest rebel group in Colombia controls…
Strikes carried out by miners that are taking place across Colombia, but turned deadly on Wednesday as security forces attempted to impede roadblocks, killing two protesters.