Critics of Cerrejon Coal receive renewed death threats
We have received news of renewed death threats against our friends in The Wayuu Women's Force - Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu-Sütsüin Jiyeyuu Wayuu (FMW-SJW). FMW-SJW are among the more prominent critics of Cerrejon Coal (owned...
Ten years on from the independent evaluation of Cerrejon Coal
Armed eviction of the residents of Tabaco, La Guajira, Colombia, 9 August 2001
Ten years ago, the report of an Independent Panel of Inquiry...
Open letter to Cerrejon Coal
On 24 July, an open letter was sent by email to Lina Echeverri of Carbones del Cerrejon (Cerrejon Coal), the mining company operating the vast Cerrejon opencast coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. It is...
Once Again Cerrejón Coal Uses Force to Remove Farming Families
Yet again, there has been a brutal eviction carried out by the Colombian riot police for the benefit of mining company Cerrejón Coal, owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore - and it...
Conflict over water and mining: the case of the Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia
Colombia is currently experiencing a mining boom, especially in the extraction of coal, becoming the 9th largest exporter of steam coal in the world. However, despite having the support of the government, many of these...
Latest news about Cerrejon Coal in Colombia
Members of indigenous Wayuu communities recently blocked the railway carrying coal from the Cerrejon mine (a joint venture of BHP Billiton, Glencore and Anglo American) to the export port on the coast. The protest...