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ORGANIZACION COOPERATIVA DE PRODUCTORES DE CARBON DE LA PROVINCIA DE VALDERRAMA - COOPROVAL O.C.

NIT 800145904

ⓘ NIT is Colombia's tax identifier (Número de Identificación Tributaria). ANM's cadastre publishes it for every company holder, so records join exactly.

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active
ⓘ A título minero is a concession contract or licence registered in the Registro Minero Nacional; ANM's cadastre lists each with its expediente code, holders, minerals, stage and status.
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titles
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applications
290 ha
active title area
13
emergencies in ANM's register
ⓘ A mining emergency reported to ANM and handled by its mine-rescue stations and support points, as listed in the register the agency delivered in answer to a public-information petition. It is not every mining death in the country.
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ANM accident records
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ANM emergency reports

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Mining rights in ANM's cadastre
Expediente Record Minerals Place Area (ha) Date Status
070-93 Title · Explotación CARBÓN METALÚRGICO, CARBÓN TÉRMICO PAZ DE RIO, SOCHA, Boyacá 290 Oct 26, 1994
→ Oct 25, 2014
Activo

One row per cadastre record naming this NIT: titles first, then subcontracts and applications. Status, stage, minerals and places are the cadastre's own wording. Co-holders are named as the cadastre names them.

ANM safety sanctions on its titles: 2 (1 fines, 1 cancellations)

These resolutions are from the safety-sanctions register ANM delivered to Mining Incidents in answer to a derecho de petición (answer 20263600212181). Each is linked to the company because ANM printed the expediente of a title on which the cadastre lists the company. The Art. 112 column gives the literals of Ley 685 de 2001 the resolution cites. ANM's record starts in 2017.

Date Resolution Expediente Sanction Art. 112 Fine
Aug 5, 2025 VSC-2047 070-93 Fine (multa) g, i 1,232.25 UVB
Aug 24, 2020 353 070-93 Cancellation (caducidad) d, g
Emergencies ANM registered at its titles: 13 (13 at legal workings, 0 at illicit workings)

These rows are from the emergency register ANM delivered to Mining Incidents in answer to a derecho de petición (radicado 20261004896502; answer 20263410388871). Each is linked to the company because ANM printed the expediente of a title on which the cadastre lists the company.

Date Place Legal status Killed
Mar 21, 2026 Socha, Boyacá · ALGELES 1
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 2
Feb 18, 2025 Socha, Boyacá · EL PINO 7
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 1
May 16, 2024 Socha, Boyacá · El Mochuelo
Other cause · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 1
Nov 20, 2020 Socha, Boyacá
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 1
Sep 10, 2020 Socha, Boyacá · SAN ANTONIO
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 2
Aug 24, 2020 Socha, Boyacá · LOS ANGELES
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 2
Apr 1, 2020 Socha, Boyacá · HORIZONTE
Handling explosives and blasting accessories · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 2
Feb 6, 2020 Socha, Boyacá · EL PORVENIR
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 2
Feb 16, 2019 Socha, Boyacá · SAN ANTONIO
Mechanical · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 1
Sep 4, 2018 Socha, Boyacá · EL ARRAYAN
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 1
Oct 14, 2011 Socha, Boyacá
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 0
Aug 13, 2007 Socha, Boyacá
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 0
Jul 1, 2005 Socha, Boyacá
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 070-93
Legal 3

Where ANM classifies the working as illicit, the register records an illicit working at that expediente; it does not say who was working it.

ANM records naming this company's títulos

No ANM accident record or emergency report names one of this company's títulos.