By: Camila Ramírez – January 22th, 2015
More than 800 mechanics of the coal mines operated in Colombia by Drummond have lost their jobs in the northern departments Cesar, La Guajira and Atlántico, after which the company Dimantec Ltda., on December 31st last year, decided to dispense with their services without just cause.
By: Christian Peñuela – January 26th, 2013
Lumbago, silicosis, sleep disorders, work stress, spinal discs herniation, hearing loss, skin cancer, ringworm, extinction of native plant and animal species, along with the deterioration of major rivers in the Colombian northern department of Cesar are progressive and irreversible damages denounced by the mine workers of La Jagua de Ibirico and the 21000 people who live near the world’s fourth largest open air coal mine.