Complaint made against ESB over purchases of coal from Colombian mine While the ESB has not imported coal from the Cerrejón mine since 2018, it has burnt the coal at its Moneypoint power plant since 2001 Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 04:30 A truck transporting coal at Cerrejón mine near Barrancas, Guajira province, Colombia. Photograph: Reuters Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.
The ESB has landed itself in hot water for importing coal from a Colombian mine which is at the centre of suspected human rights and environmental violations.