Colombian authorities have uncovered 1,500 anti-personnel mines and over 3,000 pounds of explosives in a cache reportedly belonging to Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, national media reported on Monday.
Local authorities said Saturday that they have ruled out the possibility of there being survivors in the aftermath of an illegal mine collapse in Colombia’s southern state of Cauca. As…
The Colombian Mines and Energy Minister has announced plans to strengthen the licensing and control of the mining industry, reported local media Tuesday. A new auditing system will be introduced,…
Two soldiers die and four others are injured in a FARC minefield in northwest Colombia. according to army sources. The soldiers, in the 30th Brigade of the National Army, were hurt…
At least two soldiers were killed and another 11 wounded in a minefield planted by the leftist guerrilla group FARC in the department of Cauca, southwest Colombia on Friday morning.…
Colombia’s coal industry on Tuesday called on the new energy and environment ministers to improve their coordination of the fast-growing but increasingly criticized mining industry. Colombia’s oil and mining boom…
Three gold miners die due to a mine shaft collapse in the northern department of Antioquia, reported local media Tuesday. Two miners were also wounded, but according to the local…
Illegal miners could be attracted to the fragile “paramo” high-land moors where large mining companies are not allowed to operate, analysts fear. Colombia, which has tens of thousands of legal…
The commander of Colombia’s Armed Forces says the FARC are increasingly returning to traditional guerrilla tactics like the use of landmines, and warns of the difficulty of removing these devices,…