Weekly Report - 16 January 2014 (WR-14-02)

COLOMBIA | Coal exports halted. On 8 January the Colombian government ordered the US-owned Drummond mining company to halt all coal-loading operations at its port in Ciénaga, located in the Bay of Santa Marta in the Caribbean department of Magdalena, after officials corroborated that the firm was not adhering to new environmental provisions affecting coal shipments that came into full effect at the start of the year.