Press release from Colombian National Coal Workers’ Union, SINTRACARBON
Saturday 8 January 2011 was the eleventh day of alloted time to reach a direct settlement in the collective labour dispute between SINTRACARBON and the Cerrejon …
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Strike looms at Cerrejon
BHP Billiton: new chair, same old story
At today’s London AGM of the world’s biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, new company chair Jac Nasser and CEO Marius Kloppers spoke at length about climate change. They explained that the company fully accepts the …
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BHP Billiton: other sides to the story
BHP Billiton presnted its annual report to shareholders at its London AGM on 21 October. At a meeting the evening before, London Mining Network presented BHP Billiton 2009-10 – other sides to the story: case …
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Colombian rebels attack Cerrejon coal mine
Leftist guerrillas have sabotaged a number of mining vehicles at a mine owned by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata in Colombia. The owners of the Cerrejon Norte mine said in a statement that armed …
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Colombia’s Cerrejon: four contractors die in accident
Colombia’s biggest coal exporter Cerrejon said on Thursday that four contractors had been killed and 12 others injured while repairing a coal-storage silo in the Andean nation.
See http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05169475.htm and http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=361947&CategoryId=12393.…
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DanWatch report on social & environmental impacts of Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia
In May 2010 DanWatch issued a report on the alleged negative social & environmental impacts of the Cerrejon coal mine in northern Colombia, which supplies coal to DONG Energy and Vattenfall. Lawyer Armando Perez, working …
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Critical report on the Cerrejon Coal mine in Colombia
The Cerrejon mine is owned by three London-listed companies: Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata. In May 2010 Danish NGO DanWatch issued a report on the alleged negative social & environmental impacts of the …
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Multinationals ‘on trial’ for mining activities in Colombia
Several multinational companies with activities in Colombia were ‘on trial’ in Madrid last weekend during the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal. Most cases deal with violations of human rights and liability for environmental degradation. They included the …
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Cerrejon Coal to increase exports
Colombia’s Cerrejon mining company will seek to increase coal exports to 32 million tonnes with more focus on shipments to Asia as demand in Europe slips, the company president said. Cerrejon, Colombia’s biggest exporter, is …
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Progress report on Cerrejón
Fourth Progress Report on Cerrejón’s Social Engagement Commitments Following the February 2008 Independent Third Party Review Panel’s Report
The October 2009 report of Cerrejón’s [joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata] progress implementing the recommendations …
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Anglo American challenged at AGM: full report
Anglo American was challenged at its April 22 AGM in London on a range of issues including a legacy of sickness among former miners in South Africa, removals of communities by subsidiary Anglo Platinum in …
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Cerrejon Coal joins Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI)
GBI has formally announced that the Initiative’s core group of members will be joined by Colombian mining company Cerrejon Coal, a joint venture of London-listed Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata.
GBI states …
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