A government ruling on the controversial coking coal mine near Whitehaven, Cumbria, had been due to take ... it won't happen until 17 August when the new Secretary of State for Levelling Up ...

A proposed coal mine in Cumbria would have only one UK customer ... Mr McDonald said the steel industry was looking at new ways to decarbonise and metallurgical coal still produced carbon dioxide ...

opening a new coal mine in one of the world’s most developed countries was always going to be highly controversial. Still, West Cumbria Mining’s plan to do so in Whitehaven became far more ...

Mr Justice Holgate said in a ruling on Friday that granting planning permission for the development at Whitehaven in Cumbria ...

Plans for the UK to open its first new coal mine in ... lockdown saving lives? Cumbria County Council had previously approved a planning application by West Cumbria Mining, but the local authority ...

New coal mining schemes would be banned in the UK to "pave the way for a clean, secure energy system", ministers confirmed on Thursday. A site in Whitehaven, Cumbria, was set to be the country's ...

Britain’s approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was overturned in 2024 by London’s High Court. (Image courtesy of West Cumbria Mining.) ...

No licences for coal mining at new sites have been issued since the election ... In September 2024, the Mining Remediation Authority refused three coal mining licence applications for a coal mine in ...