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The Price of Colombian Coal

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:33:00 -0600

The U.S. imports a lot of coal from Colombia and the life of a coal miner there is hard, but the miners are not the only ones impacted.

Jim

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:01:08 -0600

The article misses a couple of key points. First, Colombian coal will burn cleaner simply because it contains much less sulfur and ash. Second, the murders referred to since 2001, covers eight years. Since that time there have been significant changes in the relationships in Colombia that might indicate a a more complex and possibly different conclusion than that posted in the article.

Fernando

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:18:10 -0500

Colombia is not spelled "Columbia" please try to learn how to correctly spell the country's name. In addition I agree with the above comment. Colombian coal is known world wide as high quality coal with low sulfur content, which is ideal if the coal is to be used as fuel in a coal power plant.

The murders mentioned in this article were committed by guerillas not militias (which there really is not much of a difference). The guerillas use any excuse to cause terror and commit murders, so the fact that the coal workers belonged to a union is irrelavent. The guerillas kill for any reason. However, the current presidential administration has been doing a fantasic job in destroying the leadership of the FARC. The most powerful guerilla force in Colombia. Overall kidnappings and murders in Colombia have decreased significantly. Causing the FARC leadership to suffer.