Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine was allowed to go ahead close to homes and businesses in Merthyr Tydfil [Matthew Horwood/Getty Images] Concerns have been raised over the safety of three large spoil tips ...

Neighbours of the UK's last opencast mine say they have been betrayed by new plans to restore the site. Ffos-y-Fran's ...

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Privately owned mining house Upward Spiral 1471 (Pty) Ltd ( ) is set to commence full-scale mining at its recently acquired Snake Road Mining Right in Benoni on the East Rand. The proposed mining ...

The Rhenish region in North Rhine-Westphalia was once dominated by open-cast mining. Now the reclaimed areas are to become a symbol of the energy transition and structural change. German energy ...

New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): MoS Satish Chandra Dubey speaks in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab) Daltonganj: Union ...

As we know, India is one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of coal, and Open-cast mining is crucial to meeting India's energy demand. India’s coal sector continues to play a pivotal role ...