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Key facts: Glan Lash opencast coal mine expansion

Bryn Bach Coal Ltd is the coal mining company that operates the Glan Lash opencast coal mine, which has been dormant since planning permission expired in 2019. In 2018, it applied for an extension which was unanimously rejected by planning councillors in 2023. Undeterred, Bryn Bach Coal Ltd is trying again! This time with a slightly smaller extension of some 85,000 tonnes rather than 95,000 tonnes. Check out the company's application and public responses so far.

 

Key facts & figures (2024)

Coal to be sold: 85,000 tonnes in total – average of 328 tonnes per week

CO2: Approximately 271,000 tonnes of CO2 in total (2024 BEIS Conversion Factors)

Methane: ~659 tonnes in total -  circa108 tonnes each year.

Coal operator: Bryn Bach Coal Ltd – since grant of planning permission January 2012 - 2019

Type: Anthracite coal

Mining method: Opencast

Purported destination: Brake pads, water filtration, brick colourant etc.

Local Planning Authority: Carmarthenshire County Council

Address: Glan Lash Mine Site, Shands Road, Llandybie, Blaenau, Carmarthenshire SA18 3NA

Physical size: 10.03 hectares, with a void of 5.92 hectares (extended void = roughly 11 football pitches)

Time: 5.4 years of coal extraction, 7 years of all works on the site

Published: 15/10/2024

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Norah
Norah
2 years ago

The Globalist ( read Imperial ) mindset has not changed in centuries, it is simply GREED IS GOOD , irrespective of the harm it does to others or the environment . Mining coal, even clean coal like anthracite, goes against the stated agenda of net zero by 2030 or any date. Where there is money to be made , the greedy will sniff it out and descend like vultures. The Wasteminster consensus is to make mo ey now. This local obscenity fits hand in glove with the Sunak opening again of the North Sea to màny dozens of oil/ gas exploration. Those that follow the ideology are blind to the mess they make and the damage done to the Earth. They can’t be cured of this greed, it has no cure.

Wendy
Wendy
1 year ago

Congratulations! Dams Heg Inc in Australia is challenging the expansion of Mt pleasant coal mine. They want to mine 21MT/yr until 2048, it’s been approved!

Steven Ravic
Steven Ravic
9 months ago

It just simply doesn’t make sense to dig up more pollution. We can survive without this unnecessary destruction of our environment.

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