The UK's last opencast coalmine will close later as fears mount over whether the massive site will be restored. Documents seen by BBC News show concerns at the Welsh government and UK Coal Authority ...
Plans for an opencast mine near a Northumberland beauty spot have been turned down after Government intervention. The proposals by The Banks Group for the mine at Highthorn near Widdrington, west of ...
PLANNING AHEAD Rehabilitation measures have been integrated into Khanye Colliery’s mining operations, including the correct methods of stockpiling, soil separation and backfilling procedures To ...
Climate activists are set for a courtroom showdown with the government over a newly-approved coal mine in West Cumbria. The legal action follows Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove’s decision last ...
The UK government has announced plans for police to get new powers to restrict “repeat protests”, including banning such ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's burning coal pit may herald the last act for UK underground coal mining, which is already battling greener government policy and cheap imports from Colombia, Russia and ...
As relics of our industrial past go, the Crawick Multiverse is a pretty unusual one. Once an opencast coalmine in Upper Nithsdale in southern Scotland, it is now a landscape artwork created by the ...