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Title: El Cerrejon moves into the market. [Colombia]

Journal Article · · Coal Age; (United States)
OSTI ID:6154177

The article describes Colombia's El Cerrejon North Block coal project, a $3.2 billion undertaking that will establish the largest coal mine in South America and one of the biggest surface mines in the world. The first shipments from Colombia's new mine have begun, and it is projected that by 1989 the surface mine will invade the export market of three continents with 15 million mtpy.

OSTI ID:
6154177
Journal Information:
Coal Age; (United States), Vol. 90:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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