West Cumbria Mining
Infrastructure
Government confirms West Cumbria Mining has withdrawn planning application for controversial coal mine
04 April 2025
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3 min read
Politics
Ministers pull out of three-day hearing where they were due to defend planning approval of controversial project, as speculation mounts over plan to halt new oil and gas licenses
12 July 2024
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5 min read
Politics
The decision to close Port Talbot's blast furnance should deal another blow to the case for new coal mining in the UK, but te controversial plans continue to advance
05 February 2024
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10 min read
Energy
Long-running saga over plans to open a new coal mine in Cumbria hit by further delays, after High Court postpones latest hearing
11 August 2023
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6 min read
Energy
Green Alliance estimates proposed coking coal mine in Cumbria could emit as much methane each year as 120,000 cows
17 January 2023
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4 min read
Energy
Decision over whether to give green light to new coking coal mine now set for December following yet another delay
02 November 2022
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4 min read
Energy
COP26 President presses detonator for chimney stacks at Ferrybridge C power station, hailing the blast as a tangible sign of the ongoing demise of coal power
23 August 2021
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4 min read
Politics
Developer appoints lawyers to challenge Council's surprise decision to revisit planning permission for controversial project following letter from Committee on Climate Change
08 March 2021
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4 min read
Supply chain
Global market forces and the impending shift towards greener forms of steel manufacturing will likely render plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria redundant, writes Andrew Warren
25 February 2021
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8 min read
Energy
West Cumbria Mining's plan to open UK's first coal mine in 30 years to be reviewed 'in light of new information', says council
09 February 2021
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5 min read
