Mining Incidents

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Colombia · Department

Córdoba

3
registered emergencies
ⓘ 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.
3
deaths
0
deaths at illicit workings
ⓘ ANM classifies each emergency by the legal status of the working where it happened: legal, illicit or other. The classification is ANM's, not ours.
130
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.
47
companies
ⓘ NIT is Colombia's tax identifier (Número de Identificación Tributaria). ANM's cadastre publishes it for every company holder, so records join exactly.

In Córdoba, between 2019 and Sep 24, 2024, ANM's emergency register lists 3 mining emergencies with 3 deaths; 0.0% of the deaths occurred at workings ANM classifies as illicit.

From the emergency register ANM delivered to Mining Incidents in answer to a derecho de petición (radicado 20261004896502; answer 20263410388871). ANM register with emergencies through Sep 24, 2026 (extract of Sep 28, 2026, delivered Sep 30, 2026).

Emergencies and deaths by year, ANM register
Year Emergencies Killed Deaths, illicit
2024 2 2 0
2019 1 1 0

Deaths are split by the legal status ANM assigns the working; deaths at workings ANM classes as "other" count in the total and in neither column. The current year is partial.

Municipalities
Municipality Emergencies Killed Deaths, illicit
Montelíbano 2 2 0
Puerto Libertador 1 1 0

Municipalities with 10 or more emergencies in the register have their own page. "Municipality not recognized" groups the rows whose printed municipality is not a municipality of this department in DANE's DIVIPOLA list.

By accident type, mineral and legal status
Legal status Emergencies Killed
Legal 3 3
Exploitation Emergencies Killed
Underground 2 2
Open pit 1 1
Accident type Emergencies Killed
Explosion 1 1
Fall from height 1 1
Ground failure 1 1
Mineral Emergencies Killed
Coal 2 2
Nickel 1 1
Latest emergencies in ANM's register
Date Place Legal status Killed
Sep 24, 2024 Montelíbano, Córdoba · LA ESTRELLA
Explosion · Coal · Expediente 501760
Legal 1
Sep 19, 2024 Montelíbano, Córdoba · Cerro Matoso S.A., Montelíbano, Cordoba, planta de beneficio, L1.
Fall from height · Nickel · Expediente L853005
Legal 1
Aug 30, 2019 Puerto Libertador, Córdoba · LA ESCONDIDA
Ground failure · Coal · Expediente FIN-104
Legal 1

Each row is one emergency as ANM registers it. The mine's name is shown without the name of whoever works it, and the holder the register prints is never shown. The expediente is the one ANM prints. "Reported, not attended" marks emergencies ANM registered without its team attending.

Companies with emergencies at their titles
Company Emergencies Killed
CARBONES DEL SINU S.A 1 1
CERRO MATOSO SA 1 1
GEOCOSTA LTDA 1 1

An emergency is linked to a company only when ANM prints the expediente of a title on which the cadastre lists the company by NIT, and that expediente matches a single cadastre record. The department has 139 titles in the cadastre.