Colombia's largest coal miner, Cerrejon [7], said Feb. 24 that rebels broke into its facility at Mina Sur, La Guajira department, and burned four of the company's trucks in what it called a "terrorist attack." The attack came four days after the company declared force majeure in the face of work stoppage [8] that began on Feb. 7. Cerrejon, a joint venture between Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata [9], operates Colombia's largest open-pit mine, and has frequently been the target of guerilla attacks [10]. Both the FARC and ELN guerilla groups operate in the zone. In 2012, Cerrejon produced around 34.6 million tons of coal, half of which was exported to Europe. (Colombia Reports [11], Feb. 24; Energy Global [12], Feb. 20)
