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Update: AngloGold Ashanti Unveils More Details on ‘Biodynamic’ Mining Scheme at Jerico, Antioquia

Medellin Herald November 18, 2019

South Africa-based global mining giant AngloGold Ashanti on November 28 unveiled more details of its proposed “Quebradona” copper-gold mining project at Jerico, Antioquia — including a novel “Biodynamic” nature park that would restore and improve the entire area,

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Colombia’s Controller-General Probing 2 Former Medellin Mayors, 2 Former Antioquia Governors over Hidroituango Construction Errors, Financial Losses

Medellin Herald November 14, 2019

Colombia’s Controller General (Contraloria General de la Republica, CGR) Carlos Felipe Córdoba Larrarte announced November 14 that his agency has opened an investigation into two former Medellin Mayors, two former Antioquia Governors and three EPM representatives potentially responsible for construction errors and financial losses resulting from the collapse of a diversion

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EPM Debuts Hidroituango Highway, Touts Social Reconstruction Projects

Medellin Herald November 8, 2019

Medellin-based electric power giant EPM on November 8 debuted a new, 550-meters-long highway atop its US$5 billion “Hidroituango” hydroelectric dam – and almost simultaneously highlighted numerous social reconstruction projects in communities affected by a May 2018 flood downstream of the dam. The highway on top of the new dam — which spans the Cauca River […]

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Medellin Voters Elect Independent Daniel Quintero Calle for Mayor; Former Governor, Mayor Anibal Gaviria Repeats as Antioquia Governor

Medellin Herald October 28, 2019

Voters in Medellin and the surrounding Antioquia department on October 27 continued a long tradition of electing relatively young, energetic, politically moderate mayors along with older, more-experienced governors who are more interested in delivering practical, concrete results rather than poseurs flaunting left-wing or right-wing flamboyance. Relative newcomer Daniel

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Proantioquia: Medellin, Antioquia Must Boost Industrial Specialization, Education, Infrastructure

Medellin Herald August 21, 2019

A new report from Medellin-based think-tank Proantioquia shows that the Medellin metro area and the surrounding Antioquia department must redouble efforts to boost industrial specialization, public education, public health and transport infrastructure in order to meet the challenges of the coming decade. The report (see:

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BYD launches EV sales in Medellin February 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

BYD Launches Electric-Car Sales Just as Medellin Toughens Air-Pollution Driving Limits China-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD on February 7, 2019 launched sales of zero-emissions EV cars at its first-ever retail showroom in Medellin – simultaneous with the Mayor’s office announcing new driving restrictions on polluting vehicles with internal combustion engines

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Electric trucks Renting Colombia and Auteco March 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Bancolombia Unveils No-Extra-Cost, Zero-Emissions Electric-Truck Rental Scheme Medellin-based multinational banking giant Bancolombia announced March 12, 2019 that it’s now offering companies the opportunity to rent all-electric, zero-emissions delivery trucks in Colombia’s major cities – at the same cost as conventional trucks. The goal is to put into circulation 1,000

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Estra 2018 results March 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Industrias Estra Full-Year 2018 Profits Improve Year-on-Year Medellin-based plastic container manufacturer Industrias Estra revealed in a March 28, 2019 filing with Colombia’s Superfinanciera corporate oversight agency that its full-year 2018 net income rose to COP$1.2 billion (US$379,000), up from COP$1 billion (US$316,000) in 2017. Sales were flat year-on-year, at

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Medellin Expands Zero-Emissions Transport; Restrictions Mount on Conventional Vehicles (March 2019)

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Medellin and its neighboring suburbs expanded “pico y placa” driving restrictions on all conventional combustion-engine cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles to nine hours daily for the week of March 2-9, 2019, because of worsening air pollution. The only personal transport vehicles exempted from such driving restrictions are electric cars, along with Medellin’s “Metro”

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Aerolinea de Antioquia shutters update April 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Update: 3 Medellin Airlines Pick Up Routes Left by ADA Colombia’s airline oversight agency Aeronautica Civil de Colombia (ACC) announced April 5, 2019 that three airlines – Aeroejectivos de Antioquia SA(AASA), Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos S.A.S (Sarpa) and Servicio Aéreo De Capurganá S.A. (Searca) are taking-over the flight routes left by the shut-down Aerolinea de