Life by Latin America's largest open-pit coal mine
La Guajira is a province in Colombia, located in the northeastern part of the country. The province is one of Colombia's poorest. Over the last four years La Guajira has been hit by serious ...
Colombia's Cerrejón Mine Dispute Tests the Limits of …
By 2018, the mine produced 30.7 million tons of coal. Some 50% of its financing over the last six years, amounting to just over €41 billion, has been issued from European banks, including giants ...
Human rights & environmental harms at Cerrejón mine
...Multiple National Contact Points (NCPs) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will begin the process of investigating three international mining giants (BHP, Anglo American and Glencore) and Ireland's state-owned energy provider, the ESB, over serious human rights abuses and devastating …
Colombia: Cerrejon Coal Mine
The Cerrejon coal mine is located in the department of La Guajira in Colombia. The mining concession covers an area of approximately 69,000ha, spanning over the municipalities of Albania, and Barrancas y Hatonuevo. The coal mine lies within the El Cerrejon sub-basin which is dominated by deltaic rocks of the Paleogene-age …
Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, …
The rest, roughly 11 billion liters (2.9 billion gallons) per year, she said comes from "rainwater on the mining areas and depressurization of coal beds" — poor-quality water that the mine ...
Glencore-owned coal miner Cerrejon restarts operation after
Colombian coal miner Cerrejon, owned by Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore, said it was able to restart operations late on Tuesday after earlier reporting that production at its mine was ...
Blockade hits operations at Colombia coal mine Cerrejon
The blockade of a rail line and the entrance to an export terminal used by coal miner Cerrejon in Colombia's far northeast is affecting the company's operations, it said on Wednesday, without ...
Colombia mulls future of massive coal mine as water dries up
El Cerrejon is the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America, stretching over 69,000 hectares (170,000 acres) across a harsh landscape that is also home to the semi-nomadic Wayuu tribe, who live ...
Glencore acquires Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
January 12, 2022. Share this article. The Cerrejon coal mine is located in the La Guajira province. Credit: Tanenhaus/commons.wikimedia. Glencore has completed the …
Colombia and coal
It was announced in September 2011 that Cerrejon coal mine, which owns Colombia's largest coal mine, projected it will export about 32 million mt in 2011, up from 30.2 million mt from 2010. At the projected level, exports from Cerrejon would account for 42.6% of Colombia's total coal exports. Colombia is among the worlds top-five coal exporters ...
Blockade lifted at Colombia coal mine Cerrejon | Reuters
Protesters in Colombia's northern La Guajira province have lifted a four-day blockade of a rail line and the entrance to an export terminal used by coal miner Cerrejon, the company said on Friday.
Mine | Cerrejón
Mine. In the center of La Guajira is the heart of our operations. We carry out the exploration and exploitation of Colombian coal following the highest operational and environmental standards. Once the mining …
Puerto Bolívar | Cerrejón
Through an automatic loading and unloading system, the train connects the mining operation with Puerto Bolívar on a journey of approximately four hours. It is the only railway operation globally that has an escort system to prevent accidents on the railway line. Puerto Bolívar Cerrejón's port operation in Alta Guajira, located next to the ...
BHP, Glencore, Anglo American face OECD investigation over
The probe comes just months after the United Nations called on BHP, Anglo American and Glencore to suspend some operations at the massive Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia, in the La Guajira ...
Cerrejón Accused before the OECD of Human Rights Abuses …
The Cerrejón mine is one of the largest open pit coal mines in the world, covering approximately 69,000 hectares of land in the administrative region of La Guajira in Colombia. The persistent expansion of the mine over the past four decades has led to ruinous environmental degradation with serious human rights impacts.
Cerrejón Coal Mine
Cerrejón Coal Mine (Mina de carbón El Cerrejón) is an operating coal mine in Albania, Barrancas, Hatonuevo, La Guajira, Colombia. Contents. 1Location. 1.1Table …
Glencore snaps up BHP, Anglo stakes in Colombian coal mine
Cerrejon, where current mining concessions are due to expire in 2034, is an integrated mining and transportation complex in Colombia's La Guajira province, in the northeastern part of the country ...
How to get away with impunity: Cerrejón's evasion from …
Cerrejón, the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America, has operated in the department of La Guajira, Colombia since the 1980s. A former Exxon subsidiary, Cerrejón was acquired by Anglo American, BHP Billiton, and Glencore in the early 2000s. Today, Cerrejón is one of the top three coal-producing companies in Colombia, along with …
Cerrejon Coal Mine, Colombia | GLAN
The Cerrejón mine in Colombia, one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, is linked to the forced displacement of indigenous Wayúu and Afro-Colombian communities and widespread, persistent, and extreme …
Cerrejon Coal Mine, Colombia | GLAN
CMC must stop selling Cerrejón coal. ESB must terminate its relationship with Cerrejón permanently. We are now heading towards mediation with the Irish NCP. GLAN has filed complaints against three international mining giants (BHP, Anglo American and Glencore) and Ireland's state-owned energy provider, the ESB, over serious human rights ...
Workers block Colombia coal miner Cerrejon's rail access to …
A mining truck transports coal at a Cerrejon mine near Barrancas, Guajira province, May 24, 2007. Picture taken on May 24, 2007. ... Colombia is a major world exporter of coal, producing 53.5 ...
Glencore to fully acquire Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
The stake sale in Cerrejon coal mine represents Anglo American's exit from thermal coal operations. June 29, 2021. Share this article. Glencore has signed a $588m agreement to acquire full ownership of the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia from joint venture partners BHP and Anglo American.
Railroad | Cerrejón
Cerrejón's port operation in Alta Guajira, located next to the Bahía Portete Nature Park, proves that it is possible to mine while still respecting the environment. Ships worldwide arrive at the port, where they are loaded to distribute our product to our international clients. Railroad Through an automatic loading and unloading system, the ...
Carbocol and Intercor Coal Mine
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 …
Carbocol and Intercor Coal Mine
Including contractors, it provides employment for around 7,800 people. The Carbocol-Intercor joint venture has a 33-year life covering exploration (1977–80), construction (1980–86) and production …
Glencore grabs Anglo American, BHP stakes in …
The Swiss company expects to pay $588 million in cash for the combined 66.6% stake owned by Anglo and BHP when the deal completes in the first half of 2022. Based on expected operating …
How Colombia's dirty coal fuels Germany's energy transition …
"The monster" is the name that local residents give to El Cerrejón, Latin America's largest open-pit coal mine in northern Colombia. Sprawling across an area of 69,000 hectares, or 100,000 ...
Drought, Disease and Isolation: The Urgent Situation of
Cerrejon is Latin America's largest open pit coal mine. La Guajira, Colombia. Cerrejon's spokesmen often divert responsibility for the water and health crisis in La Guajira to the corruption of local and regional politicians and organizations. Instead of accepting any accountability, Cerrejon redirects the attentions to the failures of ...
Living in the Shadow of Colombia's Largest Coal Mine
January 30, 2018. The sun is rising in the Indigenous reserve Provincial, in the northern Colombian province of La Guajira. 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.
Glencore completes acquisition of Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
Diversified natural resource company Glencore has completed the acquisition of 66.6% interest from joint venture partners Anglo American and BHP in Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia. Anglo American and BHP each held a 33.3% stake in the thermal coal project. In June last year, Glencore agreed to purchase stakes from both companies in a deal ...