La Palma Coal Mine

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La Palma Coal Mine (Mina La Palma) is a proposed coal mine in Caparrapí, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
La Palma Coal Mine	Caparrapí, Cundinamarca, Colombia	5.34500604, -74.48739858 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	–	–	Underground	–	–	494*	–

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
0.255	2022	0.533	–	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Carbomine S.A.S. [100.0%]	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

La Palma Coal Mine (Mina La Palma) is a proposed coal mine in Caparrapí, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

La Palma is a greenfield underground coking coal mine proposal under mining title AD9-111 in the municipality of Caparrapí, Cundinamarca department, with Caparrapí as its area of influence. The deposit was described as stratified (sedimentary) low-volatile bituminous coking coal, characterised as suitable for blending to produce high-strength metallurgical coke. Proven mineral reserves totalled 247,394 tonnes and probable reserves 8,084 tonnes under the ECRR standard; measured resources totalled 516,998 tonnes and indicated resources 16,128 tonnes. Estimated annual capacity was 25,000 tonnes. The stated mine life was 9 years. Total investment was reported at US$3.06 million, of which US$0.16 million had been executed as of September 2022. No employment figure was reported.

Licensing Status

As of September 2022, the project was in the construction and assembly (Construcción y Montaje) contractual stage. The environmental impact study (EIA) had been submitted to the Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca (CAR) on December 14, 2021 (filing number 04211000723), with the environmental licence listed as applied for but not yet approved. The PTO had been approved by the ANM under Auto GET No. 000123 of July 25, 2016, issued as part of an extension request for the Contrato en Virtud de Aporte No. AD9-111. The mining title AD9-111, a pre-Law 685/2001 Contrato en Virtud de Aporte, was listed as active in the ANM national mining registry as of March 2026, held by CI Frontier Next SAS.

Ownership

The project was held by Carbomine S.A.S. as investor, with CI Frontier Next SAS listed as title holder in the ANM registry. The project contact email indicated an association with Frontier Coal (CI Frontier Next SAS), a Colombian company founded in 2003 and specialising in the operation and commercialisation of coking coal in Norte de Santander and Cundinamarca.

Environmental Context

n 2025, environmental authorities imposed preventive measures on a coal mining project in Caparrapí due to unauthorized wastewater discharges and soil contamination; however, the project was not explicitly identified in available reports. La Palma is a licensed coal project in the municipality of Caparrapí; however, it could not be confirmed whether the measures apply to this project specifically, as the vereda La Calaca has historically hosted more than one coal mining operation.

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