Ffos-y-fran: timeline of illegal coal mining What follows is an illustrated timeline of the major twists and turns of the long campaign to stop and restore the UK’s largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
Victory! Ffos-y-fran opencast stopped from extending coal operations After 20 years of campaigning, last night (26/04/23) Merthyr Tydfil residents, Coal Action Network, Friends of the Earth Cymru, the Green Party, XR and other environmental campaigners finally collectively stopped Ffos-y-fran opencast coal with the Council’s refusal of permission to extend its climate chaos until 2024! This…
Petition delivered to the Welsh Government: call in and reject this coal mine! In September 2022, Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine’s 15-year planning permission ran out and the coal mine was due to close and restoration begin. However, Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd applied for a S73 time extension to mine coal at the site for a…
Click the arrows for coal-mine based chapters, or here for the full report in PDF Coal mine restoration in South Wales (2022/23) Summary Countless communities across the UK were – and still are – being sold a lie by their Local Planning Authorities and mining companies. This report combines field and desk-based research to reveal…
Key facts & figures for 16 months of illegal coal mining at Ffos-y-fran Find out more about how the Ffos-y-fran coal mine has managed to illegally siphon coal out for 16 months without being stopped. 06 September 2022 – 08 January 2024 Coal sold: 640,000 tonnes (of 11 million tonnes total, company-reported volumes published in…