Opencast mining operations in South Africa remain one of the industry’s main contributors to short- and long-term environmental damage, as they have a direct and cumulative impact on the air ...

When it comes to safety in open-cast mining, soil stability ... The mission is also able to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation in the mining industry. By combining the results ...

Opencast mining has become increasingly unpopular with non-governmental organisations and government authorities owing to its high environmental footprint, but the method is still the most ...

DAVE Watts has welcomed the Government's announcement that they are to include the issue of opencast mining in the forthcoming policy review of energy. The MP for St Helens North, said ...

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Mining is apparently becoming once again profitable and UK Coal is ready to implement permission granted following a public inquiry which overruled local objections to opencast mining in this area.

Land restoration is a planning condition of open cast mines. However, the fate of the site had been uncertain after the collapse of surface mining firm Aardvark (TMC), the main trading arm of ATH ...

A mining firm should accept moral responsibility for restoring two opencast sites, say politicians following the collapse of a fraud case. Celtic Energy transferred ownership of mines at Margam ...

A picturesque stretch of the Northumberland coast would be blighted if proposals to dig England’s largest opencast coalmine ... of the Banks Group mining company behind the proposal, added ...

CLAIMS that a massive opencast mining plan would bring big benefits to the local community have been challenged at a public inquiry. Managers from RJB Mining had told the inquiry at Bolton town ...