Critics have said that the new mine will undermine the UK’s climate targets, while proponents argue that it will reduce the UK’s need to import coal. The West Cumbria Mining project has been ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A HIGH Court ruling on plans to build a controversial new coal mine in West Cumbria will be handed down tomorrow. Legal challenges by ...

The fate of the West Cumbria Mining project ... proposed site of the UK's first major coal mine in more than 40 years. The mine near Whitehaven in Cumbria would dig up coking coal for steel ...

Michael Gove gave permission for the mine near Whitehaven, West Cumbria, in December 2022 It was the first new coal mine to be approved in 30 years Supporters welcomed promised jobs but critics ...

Michael Gove gave permission for the mine near Whitehaven, West Cumbria, in December 2022 It was the first new coal mine to be approved in 30 years Supporters welcomed promised jobs but critics ...

Legal challenges have been submitted to the government in opposition to the decision to approve a new coal mine near Whitehaven. Friends of the Earth has joined South Lakes Action on Climate ...

West Cumbria Mining’s attempt to open a new coal mine at Whitehaven, Cumbria was dealt a blow today, as a senior High Court judge ruled that the planning permission granted by Michael Gove ...

West Cumbria Mining (WCM) plans to open a deep coal mine on the former Marchon chemical works on the outskirts of Whitehaven, Cumbria, to mine metallurgical or coking coal for use in the steel ...

The Woodhouse Colliery, owned by West Cumbria Mining, will extract coking coal for steelmaking, which ministers say would otherwise be imported. The coal would be from seams under the Irish Sea ...

Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron said the country's two largest steel manufacturers did not want the coking coal the mine near Whitehaven in West Cumbria would produce.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has granted planning permission for what would be the first new coal mine in 30 years but why is it so controversial? – What is the proposal? West Cumbria Mining ...