Coal · Coke - Glencore International plc. Xstrata. Prodeco Group - Glencore International plc. Prodeco. The Prodeco Group is the third-largest producer of export thermal coal in Colombia The Prodeco Group is owned by Glencore Xstrata International Plc.
The Group comprises Glencore Xstrata’s Colombian operations for the export of thermal and metallurgical coal and its associated infrastructure. We undertake exploration, production, transportation and shipping for our high-grade thermal and metallurgical coal, which is destined for markets in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The Group has a marketable reserve base of 341 million MTs, with resources (measured, indicated and inferred) of 560 million MT. The Group has large operational advantages as it owns its entire essential operational infrastructure, including rail infrastructure, rolling stock, as well as all mining equipment and mine facilities. Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Nuevo. Rail operations. Rail operations The Prodeco Group has held a 39.76% stake in Fenoco SA (Fenoco) since 2006.
The Group shares the ownership of Fenoco with other Colombian coal-producing companies. Fenoco owns a 30-year rail concession (which expires in 2029) that links Santa Marta with Chiriguaná in the department of Cesar. As of 31 December 2011, the Prodeco Group owned 16 locomotives and 700 heavy freight wagons, a rail transport capacity of 20 to 22 million MT annually. Transportation by train increases the volume of coal transported between the mines and the port and represents the equivalent of 1,400 road trucks per day, significantly improving environmental and safety conditions in the region. Calenturitas mine. La Jagua mine. La Jagua mine La Jagua is an open-pit coal mine consisting of five mining permits held by three companies owned by Glencore: Carbones de La Jagua SA (CDJ), acquired in 2005; Consorcio Minero Unido SA (CMU), acquired in 2006; and Carbones El Tesoro SA (CET), acquired in 2007.
Once Glencore had purchased all of these operations, it integrated them into one, with the approval of the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development. This involved the adoption of a unified environmental management plan. Shanduka - Glencore International plc. Shanduka : Group : Our Business : Resources : Overview.
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