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Unfortunate accident in a coal-storage silo at Cerrejón
04 August 2010
Cerrejón notifies our workers and the community in general that there was an unfortunate accident today, August 4th of 2010, at approximately 7:50 pm during the repair works being carried out in one of the coal-storage silos at the crushing plants. A high platform on which a group of sixteen workers for the contracting companies Conconcreto and Ticom were standing gave way. Thirteen of these workers have been evacuated from the site and the remaining three we have not been able to rescue yet. The evacuees are being given medical attention at the Cerrejón medical facilities at the mine, and some have been transferred to the hospital in Maicao. One of the latter, Mr Carlos Enrique Pérez, who was in critical condition when rescued from the silo, later died around 10:45 pm on his way to the hospital.
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Unfortunate accident in a coal-storage silo at Cerrejón
04 August 2010
Cerrejón notifies our workers and the community in general that, during repair works being carried out in one of the coal-storage silos at the crushing plants, there was an unfortunate accident today, August 4th of 2010, at approximately 7:50 pm. A group of sixteen workers from the contracting companies Conconcreto and Ticom were standing on a high platform when it collapsed.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ASOCARS AT CERREJÓN
The Mine
30 July 2010
Directors and journalists of the country’s Association of Regional Autonomous Corporations and Sustainable Development (ASOCARS, its acronym in Spanish) visited Cerrejón to learn details of the coal-mining operations and to set up the permanent forum “Exercise of Environmental Authority Regarding Mining Concerns”. The aim of the forum is to consolidate actions to strengthen the association of the Regional Autonomous Corporations (CARs) as regards the exploitation of mineral resources and its possible impact on the environment.
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Wildlife comes first at Cerrejón
30 June 2010
Source: Anglo Source
Organization: Anglo American
june 30, 2010
For the past four years, mining procedures at Cerrejón have begun with the rescue and relocation of wildlife.
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Carbones del Cerrejón response to allegations in Dutch television programme ‘Netwerk’ broadcast in The Netherlands on 1 July 2010
13 July 2010
Cerrejón is committed to exemplary ethical behaviour, respecting human rights and to contributing positively to the prosperity and development of the communities associated with its operations, including the indigenous Wayúu communities that co-exist with the mine, railway and port operations in La Guajira. The mine’s viability as a business depends on our ability to co-exist peacefully with our neighbouring communities and to demonstrate the benefits of the mine’s presence for the local region.
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WITH AN AIM TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM IN LA GUAJIRA, CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON THE HOTEL WAYA GUAJIRA IN ALBANIA
Albania, La Guajira
13 July 2010
Last Saturday, July 10, a joint venture agreement was signed in Riohacha to go forward with the construction of the Hotel WAYA GUAJIRA in the municipality of Albania. This project is part of Cerrejón’s initiatives and, in this case, of the Cerrejón Foundation for Progress in La Guajira. This new tourism complex will have an investment of over $23,000 million pesos, 8,100 m2 of floor space, 140 rooms, 17 cabins with 102 hammocks for ecotourism, a swimming pool, spa, restaurants, and a convention hall.
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In Alta Guajira: Cerrejón Foundation for Water in La Guajira donates tanks for Potable Water Storage
30 June 2010
La Mina. Responding to the need for storing water that communities affected by the drought in Alta Guajira have, Cerrejón Foundation for Water in La Guajira , in coordination with Cerrejón’s Social Management Division and Cerrejón’s Protection Division, made a donation of 20 tanks for storing potable water to the same number of families.
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Young Talents (“Jóvenes Talentos”) 2009-2010: the Great Final Game
21 June 2010
With a sample of great commitment and high technical performance by the children who conform the finalist soccer teams, last Sunday, June 13, at El Molino, there were conducted the closing games of the tenth version of the Departmental Tournament of Young Talents of Cerrejón (“Torneo Departamental Jóvenes Talentos Cerrejón 2009-2010”) in the Pony and Infantile categories that benefit more than 600 children of La Guajira.
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20 YEARS RENEWING LIFE: CERREJÓN’S LAND RECLAMATION/ REHABILITATION PROGRAM
16 June 2010
Two thousand seven hundred and eighteen (2,718) hectares reclaimed/rehabilitated, the timely preservation of more than thirty-six (36) million cubic meters of grounds and the planting of more than one million trees of forty (40) native species, are the main achievements of Cerrejón’s land reclamation/ rehabilitation program, the management of which is displayed in the celebration of the Day of the Environment that will be held at La Mina tomorrow, June 17.
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Knowledge and Respect for our Wayuu Indigenous Communities
31 May 2010
Departments of Cerrejón that are strategic in the relationships with neighboring indigenous communities have been undertaking a series of workshops of intercultural cohabitation and familiarization with the new national and international norms about fundamental rights of the Indigenous People. These workshops are directed by Weildler Guerra, a Guajiran anthropologist, currently an advisor for the Bicentennial celebration, among other positions.
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