La Ramada Coal Mine

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La Ramada Coal Mine (Proyecto La Ramada) is an operating coal mine in Lenguazaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
La Ramada Coal Mine	Lenguazaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia	5.32767027, -73.70392379 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	Expansion	1950	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0.584	–	–	Underground	–	–	1000.0	300.0

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
–	–	46.0	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Inversiones Tomas S.A.S.; Sociedad Central de Activos Mineros S.A.S.	Ingeniería de Minas SA; Sociedad Central de Activos Mineros SAS	–

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

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Background

La Ramada Coal Mine (Proyecto La Ramada) is a coal mining project located in the municipality of Lenguazaque, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, an area historically associated with underground coal extraction on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The project is developed under mining titles 1910T and 1913T and is operated by Operadora Minera del Centro S.A.S., with participation from Inversiones Tomas S.A.S. and Sociedad Central de Activos Mineros S.A.S.

The project targeted metallurgical coal and was designed as an underground mining operation. Mineral resources were reported at 18.0 million tonnes of measured resources, 17.1 million tonnes of indicated resources, and 11.2 million tonnes of inferred resources, with deposits reaching depths of up to 1,000 meters.

The mine was planned with an estimated operational life of approximately 11 years and a plant capacity ranging from 700 to 1,600 tonnes per day. Annual coal production was projected to increase from approximately 120,000 tonnes to up to 460,000 tonnes following expansion of the coal washing plant.

The project was classified as a brownfield expansion and involved an estimated total investment of approximately US$10 million, of which around US$1 million had been executed at the time of reporting. The operation was expected to generate approximately 300 direct jobs.<

Licensing Status

As of 2022, the project was reported to be in the detailed engineering and construction stages. The environmental licensing process with the Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca had progressed, with environmental impact assessments submitted in March 2022 for both mining titles, and the environmental license reported as approved. The mining work program (PTO) had also been approved by the National Mining Agency.

The La Ramada Coal Mine was associated with mining titles 1910T and 1913T, both of which were reported as active concession contracts under Colombian mining law (Law 685). The titles were held by Inversiones Tomas S.A.S. (1910T) and Sociedad Central de Activos Mineros S.A.S. (1913T), respectively, and were located in the municipality of Lenguazaque, Cundinamarca.

Despite these developments, no verified publicly available data was found indicating actual coal production in 2024 or 2025, suggesting that the project may not have reached full operational status during that period or that production data was not disclosed.

Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M6708.B1	mine boundary	underground	Boundary of La Ramada mining title	reported	2019-04-02 00:00:00
M6708.B2	mine boundary	underground	Proposed boundary expansion: Mining title 1910T	reported	2019-04-02 00:00:00
M6708.B3	mine boundary	underground	Proposed boundary expansion: Mining title 1913T	reported	2019-04-02 00:00:00
M6708.P1	other	preparation plant	Possible coal handling and preparation facility	extracted	2024-12-31 00:00:00
M6708.P2	other	mine entrance or exit	Possible mine entrance: "Bocamina El Kinder"	extracted	2024-12-31 00:00:00
M6708.P3	other	mine entrance or exit	Possible mine entrance: "Bocamina La Ramada"	extracted	2024-12-31 00:00:00
M6708.P4	other	mine entrance or exit	Possible mine entrance: "Bocamina El Pino"	extracted	2024-12-31 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Oct 01, 2025

ID	Notes
M6708.B1	The mining title number, No. 4079, was identified in a 2024 report by Colombia's National Mining Agency (Agencia Nacional de Mineria, or ANM) (pg. 1 of "AUT-332-4545," 2/28/2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20250725183826/https://www.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/DocumentosAnm/AUT-332-4545_2024.pdf). The general location of the mine was confirmed in the report and an ANM presentation on the mining project (pg. 1 of "Proyecto La Ramada," 9/19/2022: https://web.archive.org/save/https://mineriaencolombia.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/docupromocion/Proyecto%20La%20Ramada%2009%2022.pdf ), and the boundary of the mining title was identified using CoMiMo ( https://web.archive.org/web/20250725184307/https://comimo.sig-gis.com/). The mining boundary was then extracted in Google Earth Pro from a Global Forest Watch data set of mining titles in Colombia (see: "Colombia Mining Titles," https://web.archive.org/save/https://data.globalforestwatch.org/datasets/colombia-mining-titles/explore?location=11.275605%2C-86.829278%2C9.97). The approximate area of the boundary polygon is 1.65 square km.
M6708.B2	This under-development expansion to the original mining boundary was identified in a 2022 ANM presentation on the expansion project (pg. 2 of "Projecto La Ramada," 9/19/2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001180745/https://mineriaencolombia.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/docupromocion/Proyecto%20La%20Ramada%2009%2022.pdf). Using the reported mining title (1910T, also identified in the above presentation), the boundary was identified using CoMiMo (https://web.archive.org/web/20250725184307/https://comimo.sig-gis.com/). The polygon was then extracted in Google Earth Pro from a Global Forest Watch data set of mining titles in Colombia (see: "Colombia Mining Titles," https://web.archive.org/save/https://data.globalforestwatch.org/datasets/colombia-mining-titles/explore?location=11.275605%2C-86.829278%2C9.97).
M6708.B3	This under-development expansion to the original mining boundary was identified in a 2022 ANM presentation on the expansion project (pg. 2 of "Projecto La Ramada," 9/19/2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001180745/https://mineriaencolombia.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/docupromocion/Proyecto%20La%20Ramada%2009%2022.pdf ). Using the reported mining title (1913T, also identified in the above presentation), the boundary was identified using CoMiMo (https://web.archive.org/web/20250725184307/https://comimo.sig-gis.com/). The polygon was then extracted in Google Earth Pro from a Global Forest Watch data set of mining titles in Colombia (see: "Colombia Mining Titles," https://web.archive.org/save/https://data.globalforestwatch.org/datasets/colombia-mining-titles/explore?location=11.275605%2C-86.829278%2C9.97).
M6708.P1	This possible coal handling and preparation plant was extracted from Google Earth Pro using visual analysis.
M6708.P2	Coordinates for the mine entrance "Bocamina El Kinder" were reported in a 2023 spreadsheet of mining titles in Colombia provided by the ANM (see the spreadsheet "Titulos con Medidas de Suspen," 1/31/2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001181635/https://www.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/Titulos_vigentes_Carbon_Ene_31_2023_con_medid.xlsx).The coordinates were converted to WGS 84 and then analyzed visually with Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and adjusted to fit what appears to be a mine entrance.
M6708.P3	Coordinates for the mine entrance "Bocamina La Ramada" were reported in a 2023 spreadsheet of mining titles in Colombia provided by the ANM (see the spreadsheet "Titulos con Medidas de Suspen," 1/31/2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001181635/https://www.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/Titulos_vigentes_Carbon_Ene_31_2023_con_medid.xlsx ).The coordinates were converted to WGS 84 and then analyzed visually with Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and adjusted to fit what appears to be a mine entrance.
M6708.P4	Coordinates for the mine entrance "Bocamina El Pino" were reported in a 2023 spreadsheet of mining titles in Colombia provided by the ANM ((see the spreadsheet "Titulos con Medidas de Suspen," 1/31/2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001181635/https://www.anm.gov.co/sites/default/files/Titulos_vigentes_Carbon_Ene_31_2023_con_medid.xlsx ).The coordinates were converted to WGS 84 and then analyzed visually with Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and adjusted to fit what appears to be a mine entrance.

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