Indigenous people in Provincial, Colombia, ban Cerrejon Coal personnel from entering their community
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Press Release from the Committee of Defenders of the...
Why are workers at Cerrejon Coal on strike?
The Cerrejon mine is the largest opencast coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the...
Solidarity with workers at Cerrejon faced with ‘shift of death’
On 3 August 2020, LMN and member groups Colombia Solidarity Campaign and TerraJusta, together with allies in Europe and...
Workers at Cerrejon mine reject ‘shift of death’
Statement from Sintracarbón (National Union of Workers in the Coal Industry in Colombia)
Cerrejón refuses work to young workers in Albania, La Guajira, Colombia
The Cerrejon coal mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, is owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. It has a history of conflict with local farming and indigenous...
UN asked to suspend Cerrejon coal mining in Colombia
The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency.