On 3 October 2016, international headlines were filled with the news that Colombian voters had rejected a peace deal with Marxist guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in a shock referendum result. Yet while undoubtedly the result is a blow for investors, for coal mining companies, the referendum result hardly tops the list of concerns. Instead, three pivotal legal decisions have taken place in 2016 that will directly impact coal miners.
