In 2017, a popular referendum in Ibagué resulted in a ban against developments such as AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa gold project.
When unstable, coal pillars from multi-coal seams mining pose significant risks during both the production and closure stages.
Chile’s General Water Directorate fined Antofagasta Minerals’ Minera Los Pelambres for the unauthorized extraction of surface and groundwater.