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Nov 01, 2018· Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes. ... Many Wayuu claim the Cerrejón coal mine has contaminated and depleted the river and its .

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Jul 25, 2013· The Cerrejón mine in La Guajira, Colombia. As South America''s largest openpit coal mine, Cerrejón boasts a production capacity of 32m tonnes per year.

Cerrejon Open Pit Mine is located 56 km SW from Maicao, Colombia. Data Access ... Mines projects in Colombia. A list of country''s mines and projects. Full profiles of select mines and projects. Overview. Owners. ... The subsequent mining and transportation ("coal chain") process currently employed by Cerrejón involves the sequential ...

Project details: El Cerrejón presenta cinco zonas de explotación minera a cielo abierto ubicadas en el departamento de la Guajira; este proyecto genera más del 60% de la producción carbonífera en Colombia que se expresa en 32 millones de toneladas métricas de carbón térmico al año, lo cual representa el 50% de las exportaciones carboníferas colombianas, entre ellos: Dinamarca ...

The Cerrejon openpit coal mine is located in South America in Colombia. Situated near the basin of the Rancheria River, the Cerrejon mine is divided into three main areas – Cerrejon North Zone, Cerrejon Central Zone and Cerrejon South Zone – and stretches over 170,000 acres.

Aug 09, 2019· Fonseca''s grim outlook doesn''t bode well for Colombia. Coal is the nation''s biggest export after oil, and Cerrejon operates one of its largest mines, a sprawling and terraced openpit ...

Misael Luis Soccora is a leader of a Wayúu community, in La Guajira, Colombia. The Wayúu are an indigenous community whose ancestral lands have been carved up by Cerrejón, a vast opencast coal mine that has devastated local communities.

Jan 09, 2018· A strike at the Cerrejon mine, which produces 32 million tonnes of coal a year, or about 37 percent of Colombia''s total output, could reduce production and overseas sales from the world''s ...

The El Cerrejón mine covers 69,000 hectares of the La Guajíra peninsula in the northeast of Colombia, making it the largest opencast coal mine in the world. Work on the mine began in 1980 under the management of the American oil company Exxon.

The largest coal mining operation in Latin America, Carbones del Cerrejón Norte was developed by a joint venture between the Colombian state organisation, Carbones de Colombia (Carbocol) and Intercor, a subsidiary of the US energy company ExxonMobil. In 2000, Carbocol''s assets were acquired ...

Mar 18, 2009· While traveling through latin america, I made a point to see the Cerrejon Railway in the northeast of Colombia. This is a 150 km line that only transports coal from the Cerrejon Coal mine to ...

Jun 24, 2014· By Richard Solly, member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Coordinator of London Mining Network. 24 June 2014 The shock of the new For nearly fourteen years, I have been working in support of communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine, a vast opencast mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia. I have just returned [.]

Jan 10, 2018· Production and exports at Cerrejon, Colombia''s largest thermal coal mine, fell in 2017 for the third straight year as heavy rainfall affected operations, the mine''s owners said on Wednesday.

Cerrejón: trucks help mine keep costs low and productivity high. Cerrejón is one of the world''s largest surface coal mines, with six operating pits, thousands of employees and a large equipment fleet. That fleet now includes the first ® 794 AC trucks operating in Colombia.

Cerrejón is one of the largest openpit coalexport mining operations in the world. The company is an important actor in the Colombian economy and the driving power of La Guajira, the region where our production activity takes place.

The morning silence is broken by a pounding sound, emanating from a nearby mining pit just a few hundred meters from the community. Photo Ynske Boersma El Cerrejón is among the world''s largest coal mines. Communities in La Guajira, one of Colombia''s poorest provinces, say mining activities are polluting their water and harming their health.

Jan 19, 2018· The largest union at Cerrejon, Colombia''s top thermal coal mine, was set to meet with the company on Friday to hear a new salary and benefits offer before deciding whether to hold a .

Some NGOs have called on energy companies to stop buying Colombianproduced coal, following the country''s history of armed conflict. This would have a major impact on the people of Colombia, where the coal industry directly employs 89,000 people. In the Cesar province, 47% of GDP comes from the mining .

Jan 09, 2018· Union workers at Colombia''s largest coal mine, Cerrejon, could strike if disagreements at negotiations for wages and benefits are not resolved by Jan. 19, the main union''s president said on .

Cerrejon coal mine or minera del Cerrejón is located near the village of Albania in the La Guajira department of Colombia. The mine is owned by the Cerrejon Coal Company, which in turn is equally owned by subsidiaries of BHP Billiton plc, Anglo American plc and Xstrata plc. It is the largest coal mine in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world.

Jan 14, 2016· The coal mine Cerrejón in Colombia has caused environmental desctruction and violations of human rights for over 30 years. ... Mina de Carbón Cerrejon Colombia .mp4 ... Open Cut Coal Mine ...

Cerrejon Coal Company (formerly know as Carbones del Cerrejón LLC, is the largest coal mining company in Colombia, with major mines in the Department of la owns and operates the Cerrejon coal mine and the Puerto Bolivar coal export terminal in northern Colombia.. The company is a joint venture of Anglo American (33%), Glencor International (33%) and BHP Billiton (33%).

Another Giant Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombia. Remarkable fossil finds in the vicinity of the Cerrejón coal mine in northern Colombia have revealed the presence of megareptiles that lived in this region some 60 million years ago.
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