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Bad news at Zijin Continental, Good news at Collective Mining, upcoming events, Petro's mining stance, copper & rare earths all discussed.

This past week most headlines have been so contaminated with politics it has been hard to find much else to discuss. Everyone who ever picked up a banner and marched in Colombia is a descendant of Vladimir Lenin and anyone who ever owned a business has modeled it on the Victorian...

This represents a 1.6% increase over the production in May 2017 and a 0.1% increase from last month.

"There must be space for both the big mining companies and the small artisanal miners," says Dora Elena Balvín, secretary of mines in Antioquia.

Production was also up 4.1% over February of this year due to the reopening of several oilfields.

Colombia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Austria to promote cooperations in renewable energy.

“We cannot afford to lose this industry...I think we can save this marriage," said Orlando Velandia, president of the ANH.

Five people remain unaccounted for after more than 12 hours of rescue efforts and emergency response, said UNGRD.

The South African mining company said it made the "unfortunate decision to stop all project activities...until there's certainty about mining activity in the country."

Gran Colombia Gold is in the middle of a grievance with the Colombian government. The Canadian-registered gold and silver mining firm has been struggling to manage what some would call “illegal mining” and others might call “informal mining” on its...