Colombia coal output slides 21.4% in Q1 – government

Colombia, the world's fourth-largest exporter of coal, said on Wednesday it produced 18.4-million tonnes of coal in the first quarter, a drop of 21.4% from the same quarter last year, due to labour disputes as well as port and rail disruptions....

The legend of El Dorado

Stories and legends of the quest for and discovery of fabulous golden treasure dominate the popular history and mythology of gold. No legend is more popular than that of the search for El Dorado, the ‘Lost City of Gold’. It is a legend that...

Colombia rejects modified permits for some coal miners

Colombia's environmental licensing authority has rejected requests to modify permits for coal expansion projects including at top producers Drummond and Glencore International's Prodeco unit over pollution worries, the body said on Wednesday....

Greystar studies 'alternate' project in Colombia, mulls underground mine

Vancouver-based Greystar Mining says it will study "alternative options" for its Angostura project in Colombia, amid opposition to the planned mine from government and local communities, but is not withdrawing from the project altogether. The...

China, Brazil eye coal rail, ports in Colombia

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday that China and Brazil were eyeing investments in the Andean nation's coal infrastructure to gain more access to the material. Colombia, the world's No. 5 coal exporter, has seen a five-fold...

Latin America mine seminar series gains momentum in Toronto

A series of seminars focused on the mining sector and opportunities in specific Latin American countries is drawing increasing interest, organisers said this week. Bruce Shapiro and Wayne Floreani, better known for their MineAfrica seminars, held...

South African mining groups doing well in South America

South America is a continent whose richness in natural resources became legendary through myths such as El Dorado or the Emerald Mountain. Neither of these ever existed, of course, but today the continent produces antimony, bauxite, coal, cobalt,...

South African mining groups doing well in South America

South America is a continent whose richness in natural resources became legendary through myths such as El Dorado or the Emerald Mountain.

Colombia gives AngloGold partial permit on mine

Colombia's government has approved a partial permit for Anglogold Ashanti to carry out limited exploration work for the country's La Colosa gold mine, the environmental ministry said on Wednesday. The permit allows the world's No. 3 gold miner to...

On-The-Air (09/02/2007)

Every Friday morning, SAfm's AMLive's radio anchor John Perlman speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly. Reported here is this Friday's At the Coalface transcript: Perlman: A big spotlight...

BHP appoints diamond division head

The world's largest diversified miner has announced a new leader for its diamond and specialty products division.