Gold production in Colombia
Colombia is one of Latin America’s largest producers of gold, formally extracting 55.9 tons of the precious metal per year. However, the vast majority of gold mining in Colombia is informal,…
Colombia is one of Latin America’s largest producers of gold, formally extracting 55.9 tons of the precious metal per year. However, the vast majority of gold mining in Colombia is informal,…
Following a number of scandals in which Colombia’s national authorities granted mining titles in precious nature reserves, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that mayors have the authority to overrule Bogota. Last…
Canadian company Gran Colombia Gold said Wednesday it will suspend contracts of some 1,000 miners while paramilitary successor group AGC threatened to assassinate those who are blocking the company’s activity in northern Colombia. The…
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’…
Opposition lawmakers in Colombia have proposed a bill that aims to cut the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals in illegal gold mining, that has polluted rivers and blighted…
Union workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine ditched plans to strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal on pay increases and benefits, the company and union said, averting potential…
Colombia’s peasants and ethnic minorities ended almost two weeks of strikes, protests and roadblocks after the government vowed to include them in decision making on mining and other decisions affecting…
Colombia’s constitutional court revoked a government decree from 2012 that would allow mining in nine areas, together approximately the size of Minnesota.
Workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine, the world’s second largest, have authorized a strike beginning June 14. Just the announcement of the strike authorization was enough to provoke a…