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Colombia bans mining in country’s vast moorlands

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 09, 2016 | 5:44 am Energy Precious Metals Europe Latin America Coal Diamond Gold Silver 

Colombia has officially banned all mining activities in its paramo regions (moorlands) after the country’s Constitutional Court revoked Monday a regulation that had allowed mineral exploitation in the area. Mining in the paramo — the area of the Andes mountains covered...

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