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Coltejer's Foundational Factory in Itagui, South of Medellin
Companies

Coltejer to Abandon Giant Medellin-Metro Factory, Shift Remaining Operations to Rionegro

Medellin Herald
Medellin-based textile giant Coltejer revealed in a December 17 filing with Colombia’s Superfinanciera oversight agency that it now plans to abandon its foundational factory in the southern Medellin suburb of Itagüí. When this abandonment is complete, all remaining textile operations will shift to Rionegro, Antioquia, according to the company, founded in 1907 by pioneering
AngloGold Ashanti Updates 'Quebradona' Mine Environmental Impact Assessment; Aims to Recycle Tailings for Roads, Buildings
Companies

AngloGold Ashanti Updates ‘Quebradona’ Mine Environmental Impact Assessment; Aims to Recycle Tailings for Roads, Buildings

Medellin Herald
Global mining giant AngloGold Ashanti Colombia announced December 16 that it has launched initial recycling of mine tailings near Jericó, southwest Antioquia, into a cement-like product suitable for buildings, prefab homes, roads, ceramics, paints, outdoor furniture and soil amendments. The announcement comes on the heels of new demands from Colombia’s environmental
Editorial

‘Colombia El Pais de Los Extremos’ Helps Explain Antioquia’s Domination of Business, Industry, Entrepreneurship, Self-Reliance — Nationally and Internationally

Medellin Herald
“Colombia El Pais de los Extremos” (Colombia the Nation of Extremes) is Ecuadorian diplomat-scholar Eduardo Durán-Cousín’s new, 783-pages-long history and analysis of more than 500 years of Colombia’s cultural, social, economic and political triumphs and tragedies. For any foreigner sufficiently fluent in Spanish and trying to understand why Colombia in several key ways is
Companies

Colombia’s Comptroller-General Blames Hidroituango Contractors, Former Officials, Politicians for US$1.18-Billion in Losses at Hidroituango Project

Medellin Herald
Colombia’s Comptroller-General (Contraloria General de la Republica, CGR) Carlos Felipe Córdoba on December 3 announced long-expected mismanagement charges against 28 individuals and companies including contractors, former EPM board members, former Medellin Mayors and former Antioquia Governors for actions and omissions that contributed US$1.18 billion in losses at the
Editorial

Crucial Investor Lessons From Colombia’s Gigantic ‘Buritica’ Gold-Mining Project: CGS Director

Medellin Herald
Editor’s Note: The annual Colombia Gold Symposium (CGS) conference here in Medellin — organized by CGS director, veteran mining journalist and British expat Paul Harris — brings together leading international and domestic mining companies, consultants and government regulators, to explore the challenges and opportunities of gold mining here in Antioquia
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Colombia Won’t Immediately Reinstate PCR Test Mandate for Airline Travelers to Colombia: Health Minister

Medellin Herald
Colombia’s Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced December 1 that international air travelers to Colombia won’t have to pass a pre-flight PCR test for Covid-19 — nor spend 14 days in automatic quarantine here — despite a recent Bogota District Court order. “Travelers entering the country will not have to undergo the PCR test for Covid-19 […]

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