MINE THE CERREJÓN
Cerrejón is a coal mine located in the Guajira department in the north of Colombia. It is the largest mining operation in Colombia and among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world. The legal entity managing the Cerrejón operation is known as Carbones del Cerrejón Ltd. The current Cerrejón company was created in 2002 as a joint venture of three international mining firms BHP Billiton, Anglo American PLC and Glencore International AG, each with a 33.33% shareholding; in 2006, Glencore's share was bought by Xstrata Plc.
The output of the mine in 2009 was 30.3 million tons. Cerrejón contributes close to half of Colombia's coal exports of 73.1 million tons, with Colombia ranked fourth among major coal exporting nations as of 2007.[1] Cerrejón gives its name to the, prehistoric, 46-foot-long snake (14 m), Titanoboa cerrejonensis, fossils of which have been found in the mining areas.
A very beautiful place that has Colombia is "La Ciudad perdida", located on the northern and southwest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, which was discovered in 1976.
ResponderEliminarLinda Carolyne Rodriguez Marin.
Colombia is a country of rich treasures, our landscape is one of them. Do you believe that the exploitation of gold, coal, is hurting the most precious thing we have?(karen stave quesada- world of warcraft)
ResponderEliminarThanks Lynda for your information, then some more details about "La Ciudad Perdida"
ResponderEliminarla Ciudad Perdida is the archaeological site of an ancient city in Sierra Nevada, Colombia. It is believed to have been founded about 800 AD, some 650 years earlier than Machu Picchu. This location is also known as Buritaca and the Native Americans call it Teyuna.
La Ciudad Perdida in 2007 occupied the 5 position as one of the 7 Wonders of Colombia, by a vote of more than 14,000 votes.
Thanks Karen for your commentary; We believe that the exploitation of gold and coal, if is hurting the most precious thing we have:landscape; because though these exploitations in the majority of the cases they fulfill with the environmental regulations, these exploitations generate in long time irreversible consequences because many of them are underground.
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