Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state oil and gas company, announced Monday an oil discovery in Colombia’s southwest Putumayo department. The Tinkhana-1 well began drilling operations on November 17, 2010, reaching a depth…
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day U.S. customs agents are taking extra care to check flowers imported from Colombia for any hidden drugs or dangerous bugs, reports the Associated Press. Colombia…
Colombia launched an emergency plan to control the country’s mines and provide better saftey for workers, RCN Radio reported Thursday. The new measures include requiring the highest levels of security…
The outgoing geology and mining director says that there are not enough resources to sufficiently monitor mining in Colombia, RCN Radio reported Wednesday. “Ingeominas [Colombia’s Institute of Geology and Mining]…
Coal workers at Cerrejon, Colombia’s largest exporter, have voted to strike after the union faild to reach a new compensation deal, news agency Reuters reported Thursday. Cerrejon produces 85,000 tons…
Colombia’s minister of mining and energy orders the closure of the La Preciosa coal mine in the north of the country after Wednesday morning’s deadly blast reports Caracol Radio. Minister Carlos…
Colombia posted a trade deficit in November as the country’s economic recovery and the strong appreciation of the peso drove a boom in purchases abroad that is outpacing exports. Colombia…
Colombia’s trade minister will travel to Caracas in February to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart and evaluate the payment of debt to Colombian exporters. Trade Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados told press…
Colombian power generator Emgesa S.A. E.S.P sold the $400 million it offered in 10-year bonds denominated in Colombian pesos and payable in dollars, the company said Friday in a statement.…