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This is a list of mining areas in Colombia. [1] The mineral industry of Colombia is large and diverse; the country occupies the first place in mining areas per surface area in the world. In pre-Columbian times, mining of gold, silver, copper, emeralds, salt, coal and other minerals was already widespread.
Colombia is the main producer of finer quality emeralds worldwide. Colombia produced 2.7 Mcarats (540 kg) of emeralds during 2008. [15] Emerald mines are located both in the Boyacá and Cundinamarca Departments. Colombian emeralds constitute 50-95% of the world production, the numbers depending on the year, source and emeralds grade. [25] [26] [27]
Mining commenced in 1980 at Cerro Matoso and nickel production started in 1982 under the Colombian Government, BHP and Hanna Mining Company ownership. [3]Nickel production in FY2008 was 41,800 tonnes (41,100 long tons; 46,100 short tons) of contained nickel [1] and in 2014 was 41,000 tonnes (40,000 long tons; 45,000 short tons). [3]
The mining region, despite its poor reputation is actually safe and community orientated, the violence is now a faint memory of the past. [citation needed] Security in the mine is a collaboration between private security, National Police of Colombia and the National Armed Forces of Colombia. This presence provides for a very secure work place ...
Cerrejón is located in Northern Colombia in the southeast of the department of the arid plain La Guajira, close to the border with Venezuela.. The mine extends over 690 square kilometres (270 sq mi) and is situated in the northeastern part of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, the basin of the Ranchería River, between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the west and the Serranía del Perijá to the ...
La Colosa is a porphyry gold mine in Colombia. [1] The mine is located in Cajamarca, Tolima on the eastern flanks of the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.La Colosa has estimated inferred resources of 24,000,000 ounces (680 t) of gold, grading at 0.9 to 1.0 milligram per kilogram (1.4 × 10 −5 to 1.6 × 10 −5 oz/lb) of Au. [1]
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Colombian mining engineers (2 P) M. Mines in Colombia (6 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Mining in Colombia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.