TABLE 2 |
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COLOMBIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise
specified) |
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Major operating companies |
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Annual |
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Commodity |
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and major equity owners |
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Location of main facilities |
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capacity |
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Carbon
black |
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Cabot Colombiana, S.A. (private, 100%) |
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Cartagena, Bolivar
Department (plant) |
NA. |
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Do. |
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Productos Petroquímicos,
S.A. (private, |
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Cali, Valle del Cauca Department |
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12. |
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100%) |
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(two plants) |
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Cement |
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Cía. Colombia de Clinker, S.A. |
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Cartagena, Bolivar
Department (plant) |
1,100. |
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(Colclinker) (private, 100%) |
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Do. |
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Cementos Boyacá, S.A.
(Holcim Group, 100%) |
Nobsa, Boyaca Department |
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1,700. |
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Do. |
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CEMEX Colombia
S.A. (CEMEX S.A. de |
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Five plants |
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4,800. |
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C.V., 98.2%) |
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Do. |
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Cementos del Caribe, S.A. (private,
100%) |
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Barranquilla, Atlantico Department |
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1,000. |
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Do. |
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Cementos del Valle, S.A. (private, 100%) |
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Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department |
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1,200. |
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Do. |
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Cementos Río Claro, S.A. (private, 100%) |
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Puerto Trifuno, Antioquia
Department |
1,750. |
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Coal |
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Carbones del Cerrejón LLC |
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Cerrejon Centro mines, Cerrejon Sur |
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22,000. |
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(Anglo American
Plc; 33.3% ; Glencor |
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mines, Cerrejon Zona
Norte, and |
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International
AG, 33.3%; and BHP Billiton |
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Oreganal Mines, La Guajira
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Plc, 33.3%) |
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Department |
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Do. |
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Drummond Ltd. (Drummond Co. Inc., 100%) |
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La Loma Mine
(Pribbenow), Cesar |
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16,000. |
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Department |
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Do. |
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Prodeco S.A. (private, 100%) |
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Calenturitas in Cesar Department |
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NA. |
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Do. |
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Acerías Paz del Río, S.A. (private,
100%) |
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Paz del Rio, Boyaca
Department (mine) |
600. |
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Copper |
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Minera El Roble, S.A. |
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El Roble Mine, El Carmen, Choco |
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3. |
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Department |
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Gemstones,
emerald |
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Minerales de Colombia, S.A. (MINERALCO) |
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Chivor, Coscuez, Muzo, and Quipama |
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NA. |
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(Government, 100%) |
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Mines, Boyaca Department |
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Gold |
kilograms |
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Frontino Gold Mines Ltd. (private, 100%) |
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El Silencio Mine, Segovia District and |
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1,500. |
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Providencia Mine, Remedios
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District, Antioquia Department |
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do. |
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Grupo de Bullet S.A. |
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El Limón Oronorte Mine, Segovia, |
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1,000. |
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Antioquia Department |
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Do. |
do. |
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Mineros de Antioquia, S.A. (private, 100%) |
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El Bagre, Rio Nechi, Antioquia |
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2,000. |
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Department |
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Do. |
do. |
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Small miners (cooperatives and individual |
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do. |
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NA. |
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prospectors) |
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Iron
ore |
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Acerías Paz del Río, S.A. |
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Paz del Rio, Boyaca
Department (mine) |
800. |
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Kaolin |
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Cerámicas del Valle Ltda., (private,
100%) |
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Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department |
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NA. |
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(mine) |
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Natural
gas |
million cubic meters |
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Ecopetrol S.A. (Government, 100%) |
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North coast, La Guajira Department |
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4,500. |
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(national gasfields) |
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Do. |
do. |
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International Petroleum Colombia, Ltd. |
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Barrancabermeja locale,
Antioquia and |
2,200. |
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(International Petroleum Corp., 100%) |
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Santander Departments |
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Nickel |
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Cerro Matoso, S.A. [QNI Ltd. 100%
(latter |
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Cerro Matoso Mine, Montelíbano, |
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55 plant. |
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owned by BHP Billiton Plc 100%)] |
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Cordoba Department |
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Nitrogen |
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Abonos de Colombia (private, 100%) |
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Cartagena, Bolivar
Department (plant) |
100. |
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Do. |
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Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, S.A. |
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Barranquilla, Atlantico Department |
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85. |
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(private, 100%) |
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(plant) |
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Petroleum1 |
thousand 42-gallon barrels |
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Ecopetrol S.A. |
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16 fields in various Departments |
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70,000. |
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Do. |
do. |
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HOCOL, S.A. |
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14 fields in various Departments |
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36,500. |
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Petroleum
products |
do. |
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Esopetrol S.A. |
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Barrancabermeja refinery, Norte de |
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81,400. |
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Santander Department |
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Do. |
do. |
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do. |
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Cartegena refinery,
Bolivar Department |
28,000. |
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Do. |
do. |
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do. |
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Tibu, Norte de Santander Department |
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1,825. |
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Do. |
do. |
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do. |
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Orito, Putumayo Department |
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875. |
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Phosphate
rock |
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Fosfatos de Colombia, S.A. (private,
100%) |
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Neiva, Huila Department |
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30. |
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Do. |
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Fosfatos Boyacá, S.A. (Government, 100%) |
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Iza, Boyaca Department |
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20. |
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See footnotes at
end of table. |
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TABLE 2--Continued |
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COLOMBIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise
specified) |
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Commodity |
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Major operating companies |
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Annual |
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and major equity owners |
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Location of main facilities |
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capacity |
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Platinum |
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Small miners (cooperatives and
individual |
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Rio San Juan, Choco Department |
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NA. |
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prospectors) |
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Salt,
marine |
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Instituto de Fomento Industrial (IFI) |
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Manaure Salina, La
Guajira Department |
700. |
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(Government, 100%) |
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Salt,
rock |
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IFI-Concesión de Salinas
(Government, 100%) |
Zipaquira, Cundinamarca Department |
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500. |
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Silver |
kilograms |
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Frontino Gold Mines Ltd. |
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El Silencio Mine, Segovia,
Antioquia |
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2,500. |
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Department |
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Do. |
do. |
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Small miners (individual prospectors |
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Rio Nechi, Antioquia Department |
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NA. |
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and cooperatives) |
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(mines) |
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Steel: |
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Integrated
plant |
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Acerías Paz del Río, S.A. |
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Belencito, Boyaca Department |
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400. |
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Semi-integrated
plants |
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Siderúrgica del Caribe (private, 100%) |
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Cartagena, Bolivar Department |
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NA. |
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Do. |
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Siderúrgica del Boyacá, S.A. (private, 100%) |
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Santa Fe de Bogota |
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NA. |
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Do. |
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Siderúrgica del Medellín, S.A.
(private, 100%) |
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Medellín, Antioquia Department |
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NA. |
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Do. |
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Siderúrgica del Muna, S.A. (private,
100%) |
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Chusaca, Federal District |
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NA. |
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Do. |
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Siderúrgica del Pacífico, S.A.
(private, 100%) |
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Cali, Valle del Cauca Department |
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NA. |
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Sulfur |
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Industrias Purace, S.A. (private,
100%) |
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El Vinagre Mine, Cauca Department |
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60. |
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Do. |
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Ecopetrol S.A. |
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Barrancabermeja,
Santander Department |
29. |
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NA Not available. |
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1These two petroleum entries are examples only. Colombia has more than 3,000 producing
wells drilled by Government and private companies; these wells have |
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combined capacities
that exceed 755,000 barrels per day of oil. |
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