JournalLive - Tag - opencast

Northumberland residents anger over opencast mines

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:12:00 GMT

PEOPLE in a cluster of Northumberland villages claimed yesterday there is no end in sight for opencast operations in their area – after another mine was given the green light by planners.

Ambitious scheme planned for Northumberland opencast sites

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A £280M sporting, leisure and tourism complex could be created on three opencast coal mines in Northumberland.

Cambois power station protesters find new ally for campaign

JournalLive — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

COMMUNITIES fighting plans for opencast mining on their doorsteps have found a new ally in a pressure group set up to oppose a £2bn coal-fired power station scheme in Northumberland.

Opencast plan set for refusal

JournalLive — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:00:00 GMT

FAMILIES in a former Northumberland pit town look set to win their battle against plans to operate a major opencast coal mine near their homes for almost seven years.

£500,000 gift insults us, say mine critics

JournalLive — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT

A coal company's promise to invest £500,000 in the community if it wins permission for an opencast mine on the edge of a former pit town has been dismissed as an insult.

New opencast bid fails to allay fears

JournalLive — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:00:00 GMT

SCALED-down plans for a massive new opencast coal mine in Northumberland have been given a resounding thumbs down by families living nearby.

Goddess slimmed down in new plan

JournalLive — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A massive earth sculpture of a naked, reclining woman - already dubbed the Goddess of the North - is being slimmed down in a bid to win approval for a controversial opencast mine in Northumberland.

`Coal reserves could be lost' warns firm

JournalLive — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Coalreserves worth £100m could be lost forever unless a mining company gets the green light for a major new opencast site in Northumberland, it is claimed.

Planners concerned at pit but admit it has benefits

JournalLive — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Planners have voiced strong concerns over the potential impact of a massive opencast coal mine proposed for Northumberland.

Dispute over jobs promise

JournalLive — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:00:00 GMT

A row erupted last night over claims that coal from a proposed North-East opencast mine will safeguard almost 700 local jobs.