National Geographic and Indigenous Leaders Visit Cerrejón
As part of its ongoing commitment to intercultural dialogue and responsible environmental stewardship, Cerrejón welcomed in July 2025 a visit from a National Geographic team and Mamos – spiritual authorities of the Arhuaco and Wiwa Indigenous peoples from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Cerrejón inagurates the first laboratory for COVID-19 testing in La Guajira
On August 18, 2020, Cerrejón delivered the first molecular biology laboratory for COVID-19 testing in La Guajira to San José de Maicao hospital. This laboratory is part of the near USD 3 million of support provided by Cerrejón to address the sustained health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This lab will perform up to 150 PCR COVID-19 tests every day which will facilitate improved management and informed decision-making by health professionals and the authorities.
Cerrejón donates molecular laboratory to detect COVID-19 in La Guajira
Cerrejón continues to be committed to the well-being of La Guajira, the neighbouring communities and everyone who works with us. In this context, the company is donating to the government in La Guajira a complete laboratory to perform molecular tests to detect COVID-19.
Cerrejón completes the delivery of 25,000 food baskets and announces the distribution of a further 25,000
After completing the delivery of 25,000 food baskets, Cerrejón has begun delivering an additional 25,000 baskets that will continue to benefit over 350 ethnic communities in the municipalities of Uribia, Maicao, Albania, Manaure, Barrancas, and Hatonuevo during the COVID-19 emergency.
A Santa Marta tinamou chick was photographed for the first time ever after it was born at Cerrejón’s Wildlife Refuge Centre after three days of incubation. This is the only evidence found of a chick of this species, which is characterized by a limited ability to fly and being extremely timid and evasive, which has historically made it difficult to observe and study it.
Con el primer registro fotográfico mundial de un polluelo tinamú patirrojo que nació en el Centro de Fauna de Cerrejón tras tres días de incubación, se logró la única evidencia de un individuo
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