Reuters an explosion on a railway line that feeds into Colombia’s biggest coal miner, Cerrejon, has slowed down transport between the mine and a Caribbean port in northern La Guajira province.

The blast on Saturday just as a coal train was passing by blew up eight meters of track between Uribia and Puerto Bolivar, but didn’t cause major damage to the train or knock it from the rails.

Caracol Radio cited police commander Elver Velasco Garabito as saying that the attackwas likely carried out by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC.

The railway line has suffered scores of attacks since Cerrejon began operations and demonstrates how vulnerable energy and mining companies remain to attacks from Colombia’s various insurgent groups.

Cerrejon is jointly owned by BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Xstrata

Colombia is the world’s No 4 coal exporter behind Indonesia, Australia and Russia.

Source - Reuters

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