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Cases / Mining · Colombia · 2010–2018

Colombian regulator fines Prodeco for breaches at Calenturitas coal mine

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

Colombia's environmental licensing authority, ANLA, fined Grupo Prodeco for breaches at the Calenturitas coal mine from 2010 to 2018. The sources reviewed do not describe any environmental damage from those breaches.

What?
Grupo Prodeco was fined about COP 1,739 million for breaches at the Calenturitas coal mine. ANLA
Where?
Calenturitas coal mine, Colombia ANLA
When?
Breaches 2010 to 2018; resolution of 8 July 2024 ANLA
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Administrative fine for breaches of environmental parameters in mining zones (ANLA Resolution 1091). ANLA
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Colombia's environmental licensing authority, ANLA, fined Grupo Prodeco about COP 1,739 million by Resolution 1091 on 8 July 2024.

The fine covers breaches at the Calenturitas coal mine between 2010 and 2018.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: Grupo Prodeco is a Glencore subsidiary.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects of the breaches.
    • Unclear Whether the fine was paid or appealed is not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers