Sector de minas y canteras podría caer 6,1% durante el 2025, afirma Corficolombiana

Periodista Portafolio31.12.2025 12:48 Actualizado: 31.12.2025 15:11

Sector de minas y canteras podría caer 6,1% durante el 2025, afirma Corficolombiana

TL;DR

  • Corficolombiana predicts a negative year for Colombia's mining and quarrying sector in 2025.
  • Oil production is expected to fall below 750,000 barrels, accelerating in the last quarter of 2025.
  • Reasons for the decline include an export tax on hydrocarbons and a ban on coal exports to Israel.
  • Commercialized gas production continues to decrease, leading to higher import volumes.
  • The mining and quarrying sector declined by 10.3% in Q2 2025, the largest annual drop outside the pandemic.
  • Oil production from January to July 2025 was 747,000 barrels, a 4.3% decrease from the previous year.
  • Local gas production has fallen for 21 consecutive months, down 18% year-to-date.
  • Ecopetrol's EBITDA and net profit fell 11% and 25% respectively in Q2 2025.
  • The sector is expected to contract by 6.1% in 2025, with negative growth in hydrocarbon and coal extraction.
  • Oil reserves slightly increased to 7.2 years but remain below 2022 levels.
  • Crude oil export value fell 19% in the first half of 2025 due to lower prices.