Colombia’s mining minister resigns amid corruption probe and energy crisis
While the country is going through the worst energy crisis since the 1990s, Colombia’s mining minister resigned on Monday after he was charged with corruption.
While the country is going through the worst energy crisis since the 1990s, Colombia’s mining minister resigned on Monday after he was charged with corruption.
Truckers in the southwest Colombia have blocked main roads out of the city of Pasto in protest of fuel shortages causing lengthy queues at local petrol stations.
Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Amylkar Acosta told the mining company Prodeco, owned by Swiss multinational Glencore Xstrata, that it had to integrate six separate operations in order to renew…
A new law in Colombia seeks to encourage the investment, research, and development of renewable energy in the country.
Colombia’s oil production increased 9% between July 2012 and July 2013, reported the ministry of mines and energy on Tuesday.
Colombia last month continued to increase its crude oil production, marking a 5.31% increase for the month of April compared with the same month last year, the mining ministry said…
The Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy on Tuesday announced that gasoline and diesel prices for May are at the second lowest level in the past 17 months.
Colombia has recorded a strong increase in crude oil production in February, despite continued rebel attacks on energy infrastructure, the government announced on Wednesday. The Ministry of Mines and Energy reported…
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…