Cerrejón

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.

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1984 Website, 

Wikimedia, Wikidata
Cerrejon; El Cerrejon; El Cerrejón
opencast mine, coal mine, Colombia, 

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Location: 11.0894, -72.6753, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Cerrejón ⓘ
  hill in Colombia

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1984 Cerrejón

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Cerrejón entrada

Tren de carga Cerrejón

Paleocene coal is extracted at the Cerrejón mine, Colombia, the world's largest open-pit mine

Cerrejón 1

Cerrejón 2

Albania, ciudad de mineros del Cerrejón - panoramio

Transportando carbón de la mina del Cerrejón - panoramio

Puerto Bolívar, Guajira, Colombia

Coal mining in Cerrejón

Cerrejón mine

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