At the end of September, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, issued a report calling on the Colombian government to implement the directives of its own Constitutional Court and to do more to protect the very vulnerable Wayúu...
The Cerrejon open-cast Coal Mine, located in the south of the province of La Guajira, Colombia, is currently owned in equal shares by three multinational mining companies: Anglo American, BHP and Glencore, all of them listed in the London Stock Exchange. Since the...
Cerrejon, an opencast coal mine in the north east of Colombia, is the largest coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Cerrejon is owned by Carbones del Cerrejón – made up of three London-listed companies: Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. Over...
Ahead of our Unmasking BHP week of action between 14-22 October, Leobardo Sierra speaks about the impact of a British multinational mining company’s diversion of the river upon which he and his community depends. The community leader of El Rocio village, La...
Press release: 08/07/19 (Spanish press release below) Colombia, La Guajira: British mining multinational is diverting vital water source for massive coal extraction, despite a Constitutional Court ruling for community consultation For two years, mining company...
