People will be protected from landslips, with more than £34m being invested to improve safety at coal tip sites across Wales.

The local authority area will receive £11.49m, with Neath Port Talbot ... and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). "These tips are a visible symbol of how coal mining shaped the valleys but many ...

The company behind a proposed development for the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years has withdrawn its planning application. The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining (WCM ...

Work to make more than 130 coal tip sites throughout Wales safe ... "In December I introduced the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill to the Senedd, first-of-its-kind legislation in the ...

Coal was central to ... prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield after the long, hard inter-war years. One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the forces.

In 1750, Wales was still an overwhelmingly ... Iron-making in Pontypool and Bersham, lead and silver mining in Flintshire and Cardiganshire, copper smelting in Neath and Swansea and coalmining ...

Credit: WELSH GOVERNMENT Almost £34 million has been promised by the Welsh Government to deliver safety works at 130 coal tip sites ... the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill to the ...

THE vast mineral resources of New South Wales may ... The mines—which range from the mines of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, with 6,512,000l. of dividends, to a coal mine worked by its ...

QUESTION: Was Michael Mann's horror movie The Keep filmed in a coal mine? Not a coal mine ... for those interested in North Wales and slate mining. The film's main set was built in a former ...

The deputy first minister of Wales has said the "blame game of the past ... who said more needed to be done to ensure their safety. A coal tip is made up of waste material from coal mining, many of ...

The local authority area will receive £11.49m, with Neath Port Talbot ... and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). "These tips are a visible symbol of how coal mining shaped the valleys but many ...