Nottingham Indymedia: 'opencast'

2013 - A Year of Decision for the Coal Industry

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:01:17 +0000

This year the owners of the remaining 9 UK coal fired power stations which are not to close by 2016 or convert to Biomass will have to make far reaching decisions by the end of the year. They must decide whether to upgrade their stations to reduce pollution, convert to biomass or close by 2023 or when they have used up a 20,000 hour allowance.Meanwhile the UK Coal indusrty, ever more reliant on opencast coal shows signs of seroius financial trouble anyway

New Opencast Threat for Derbyshire

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:47:43 +0000

Derbyshire, which is becoming a new centre for Opencast Coal mining with I site already in operation at Lodge House, an application for another one at George Farm, a possible one at Hill Top now faces the possibility of another one near Renishaw, Staverly and Barlborough.

BBC Countryfile Investigates Opencast Mining

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:28:04 +0000

This contains news that John Craven and a Counrtyfile team visited the Measham area on 3/8/10 to investigate issues around opencast mining after choosing the Minorca application as a case example to show on the Countryfile Programme

1st Newspaper Endorsement for 500m Buffer Zone

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:40:45 +0000

The Leicester Mercury has become the 1st Newspaper to endorse the need for a 500 meter Buffer Zone around Opencast Mines in England