The Colombian authorities could determine this month whether they will move forward on a giant gold mining project in a nature preserve in the central mountain range.

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Indigenous leaders delivered a lawsuit in Quito last Tuesday before Ecuador's Constitutional Court asking that the country's new mining law be declared unconstitutional. The case is the next step that the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is taking to try to put the brakes on large scale metal mining which has achieved unwavering support from President Rafael Correa's administration.

BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- The Colombian anti-trust watchdog fined the
country's three largest cement makers with 923 million Colombian pesos
($424,000) each for fixing prices in the second half of 2005, an amount
with little relevance given the size of the companies.

National and International Organizations File Suit against Colombian Mining Law to Protect Fragile Ecosystems Like the Páramos