Colombia's Coal Mining Ambitions Could Backfire

Despite Colombia's planned extensive commitment to mining and exporting thermal coal, there are considerable headwinds. Historically, Europe was a key market for Colombian coal receiving 50% of ...

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mining regions in Colombia, in particular with the aim that we can derive findings on the further development of our own approach to responsible coal procurement. We have deliberately concentrated on the Cesar mining region, as in recent years we have procured the majority of our Colombian coal from the Drummond and Prodeco mining companies.

Cerrejón coal mine Colombia - BankTrack

Anglo American plans to exit thermal coal production by 2024. In order to make its operations more sustainable, the company intends to exit from shareholding "in the Cerrejon thermal coal operation in Colombia in a responsible way and within three years". Glencore already announced their exit on February 5th 2021.

Colombia's coal mine Cerrejon restarts operation after 3 ...

The second largest coal mine Cerrejon in Colombia has restored operation on December 1 as it reached an agreement with its largest labor union, putting an end to a 91-day strike, the longest in the country's coal mining history. Cerrejon, the largest thermal coal mining complex in the country equally owned by BHP, Anglo American and Glencore ...

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Inter-American Coal is dedicated to the development of safe and modern underground mechanized coal mining in Colombia. Our focus is in the departments of Cundinamarca, Boyacá, and Norte de Santander, where the highest quality coal in Colombia is located. In 2014, the Colombian government estimated these regions produced almost 6.4 million ...

Colombia's Coal Mining Ambitions Could Backfire | Markets ...

In a recent statement, Minister for Mines and Energy Diego Mesa declared that the extraction of thermal coal was an important driver of Colombia's economy. …

Will Coal Soon Be History in Latin America? - The Dialogue

Colombia is the largest coal producer, with 90 million tons per year, mostly for export, and it has more than 16 billion tons of coal reserves. Certainly, coal mining will remain in Colombia's export list. The largest coal thermoelectric producers are Mexico, Brazil and Chile, at 5 percent, 2.3 percent and 11 percent of their respective ...

Colombian Coal Production Hits 16-Year Low - World-Energy

Mining suspensions and a protracted strike cut Colombia's coal production to a 16-year low in 2020. Colombia, the world's fifth-largest coal exporter, produced 54.1mn t of thermal and coking coal and metallurgic coke last year, according to preliminary figures provided by the mining and energy ministry. This is down from 80.3mn t in 2019.

Exit stage left: the big miners moving away from coal

Anglo-Australian mining major Rio Tinto is the world's second-largest mining company, and the first big mining company to divest from coal. It completed its exit from coal in August 2018 with the sale of its assets in Queensland, Australia.. The company sold its interests in the Hail Creek coal mine and Valeria coal development project to British-Swiss multinational Glencore for A$1.7bn, as ...

Mining Weekly - BHP's plan to exit thermal coal is in doubt

The company has been planning its thermal coal exit for at least two years -- BHP has already sold a stake in the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia and is nearing a deal to sell some ...

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Buy a coal mine, get a bonus: Glencore makes fortune on ...

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - For investors seeking to burnish sustainable portfolios, coal mines are an anathema. That sits well with top global miner and trader Glencore, whose purchase of a major coal mine in Colombia will generate a bonus of hundreds of millions of dollars before the deal has even been completed.

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Product: Thermal Coal Type B Origin: Colombia Contract: 12months with an extension available for 36 months shipments every 20 days. Quantity: Starting 35.000 Tons / Month with the possibility to increase to 70.000 after 3 months and the possibility for more.

Colombia Looks To Ramp Up Coal Mining As Economy Struggles

Bogota intends to expand coal production despite 94% of Colombia's proven coal reserves, which amount to more than 5 billion tons, according to the U.S. Geological Survey being comprised of anthracite and bituminous coal, the most polluting types of fossil fuel. This is because coal generates 85% of mining royalties, making it a key driver of ...

Supply – Coal 2020 – Analysis - IEA

Coal production in Colombia declined in 2018 and further contracted by 2.6% to 82 Mt in 2019. Most of its production is thermal coal (94%). Almost all (87%) of Colombian coal production is exported. Changes in the seaborne thermal coal market underpin Colombia's reduced coal production in 2019.

Buy a coal mine, get a bonus: Glencore makes fortune on ...

A Colombian worker looks as a mining truck drives away at the Cerrejon coal mine near Barrancas, Guajira province, May 24, 2007. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/File Photo

Top 5 Largest Coal Mining Companies in the World - Technavio

Here are the top 5 coal mining companies that are managing to achieve significant revenues to remain competitive in the industry 1. Coal India . Coal India Limited (CIL), an organized state-owned coal mining organization, which incorporated with a modest production of 79 million tons, is the single largest coal producer in the world.

Cerrejon Open-pit Coal Mine, La Guajira, Colombia

23 The company has planned its thermal coal exit for at least two years – it has already sold a stake in the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia and is nearing a deal to sell some Australian ...

About Us | Inter-American Coal

Inter-American Coal is a leading supplier and producer of high-quality thermal coal, metallurgical coal, and coke from South America. Through integration of coal mining, trading, marketing, and logistics, we have become a dominant competitor in the Colombian coal industry. Headquartered in Panama, Inter-American Coal has distinguished itself by ...

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Glencore Coal | 31,174 followers on LinkedIn. We are the world's largest seaborne exporter of high energy thermal coal used to generate electricity and a significant producer of coal used to make ...

Colombia's coal output slumps in 2020 amid prolonged ...

Colombia's coal production in 2020 tumbled to a 16-year low, due to a three-month strike that paralyzed operations at its major coal mine Cerrejon as well as factors like lower global demand caused by the pandemic. The world's fifth-largest coal exporter produced 54.1 million tonnes of thermal and coking coal and metallurgic coke last year ...

Colombian Mining Sector- an Opportunity for Investment ...

Colombian Mining Opportunties – The Coal Mining Sector In Colombia. The Coal sector in Colombia is characterised by large thermal deposits in the north of the country, where there are large operators such as Cerrejón, Drummond and Prodeco and smaller, thin seamed metallurgical deposits located in both the centre of the country and along the ...

Coal Project in Colombia | ITOCHU Corporation

Coal Project in Colombia. In 2011, ITOCHU acquired a 20% equity stake in Drummond International LLC (headquarters: Alabama, United States) which owns coal mines and infrastructures in Colombia for production, transportation and sales of coal through ITOCHU Coal Americas Inc. Drummond commenced coal production in Colombia in 1995.

Glencore to fully acquire Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia

July 1, 2021. in News. 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. The firm will purchase the remaining stake in the venture it does not already own by acquiring the respective 33.3% stakes of BHP and Anglo American, representing its ...

Privileged coal: the politics of subsidies for coal ...

Colombia is one of the world's top five exporters of thermal coal, and the coal mining sector is a core pillar of the national government's economic development policy. In recent years, however, the country has seen increased debate about the real costs and benefits of mining, particularly large-scale coal mining.

"Blood Coal": Human Rights Row Haunting Colombia's ...

Despite a decline in the market, coal is Colombia's second largest export, which makes it a major economic interest to continue the mining pursuit. Since mining began at the Cerrejón mine, contractors have taken more than 650 million tonnes of the fuel from the soil.

Variability of Natural Dust Erosion from a Coal Pile ...

The contributions of PM10 to the environment were determined in a mining industrial zone in northern Colombia for activities involved in storing 3.2 Mton of coal.

China's coal shortage could leave other countries in the ...

Thermal power generation in the year through August is 14% higher than last year, while coal production is up 4.4%, in large part because of safety crackdowns after a …

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BHP's plan to exit thermal coal is in doubt

14 The company has been planning its thermal coal exit for at least two years -- BHP has already sold a stake in the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia and is nearing a deal to sell some ...