Cerrejón
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Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. At over 690 square kilometres (270 sq mi) the mine is one of the largest of its type, the largest in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world. Cerrejón is divided into three sections, North Zone, Central Zone and South Zone. Total proven reserves are estimated at 503 megatonnes. In 2016, the mine produced 32,683,315 tonnes.
1984 Website,
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Cerrejon; El Cerrejon; El Cerrejón
Q739,
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Location: 11.0894, -72.6753, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1 places
1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
1984 Cerrejón
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | mine | 1984 | Cerrejón | opencast mine, coal mine | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Cerrejón entrada | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tren de carga Cerrejón | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Paleocene coal is extracted at the Cerrejón mine, Colombia, the world's largest open-pit mine | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cerrejón 1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cerrejón 2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Albania, ciudad de mineros del Cerrejón - panoramio | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Transportando carbón de la mina del Cerrejón - panoramio | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Puerto Bolívar, Guajira, Colombia | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Coal mining in Cerrejón | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cerrejón mine | Commons | ||








