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← Colombia's mining record

Colombia · Department

Magdalena

1
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.
1
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.
39
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.
18
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 Magdalena, between 2020 and Feb 27, 2020, ANM's emergency register lists 1 mining emergencies with 1 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
2020 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
Santa Marta 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 1 1
Exploitation Emergencies Killed
Open pit 1 1
Accident type Emergencies Killed
Mechanical 1 1
Mineral Emergencies Killed
Construction materials 1 1
Latest emergencies in ANM's register
Date Place Legal status Killed
Feb 27, 2020 Santa Marta, Magdalena
Mechanical · Construction materials · Expediente HJV-12361X 		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
INVERSIONES NEW LAND S.A.S. 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 39 titles in the cadastre.