Abstract

PLAZAS DIAZ, Fabián Alfredo. Analysis of the evolution of foreign direct investment in the coal mining sector in Colombia from 2002 to 2013. Apuntes del Cenes [online]. 2016, vol.35, n.61, pp.51-84. ISSN 0120-3053.

This article studies the evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the mining and quarrying sector and the extraction of coal, lignite and peat in Colombia in the period 2004-2013 using statistics from the central bank of Colombia (Banco de la República) and from the Colombian Mining Information System. An outlook of the coal mining industry in Colombia and the evolution of IED are presented for the described period. We conclude that coal mining in Colombia has enormous potential that favored the entry of foreign capital during the period, but ended up being an indicator of primarization of IED in the country.

Keywords : economic development; foreign investment; economic geography; mining.

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