New plans have been submitted for the restoration of the Ffos y Fran site in Merthyr Tydfil but locals who have lived beside ...

The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...

In fact, a 2023 study by NRW found harmful levels of lead in eggs laid on two farms near abandoned mines in West Wales. The level of lead found was enough to trigger cognitive impairments in young ...

Ioan Lord is rediscovering Wales' lost mines. Their existence and whereabouts have been forgotten about for hundreds of years. He believes there are more than 1,000 mines in mid Wales alone - and ...

This meant that the war saw some form of 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 ...

Plans for a new restoration scheme for the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil have been revealed. Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd has applied for a revised scheme for the final restoration ...

A scraper at an open cut coal mine in New South Wales skidded more than 50m before colliding with a haul truck in a recent ...

The Whyalla steelworks' owner says it will sell part or all of its stake in a New South Wales coal mine and use some of the proceeds to "catch-up" on payments owed to suppliers. In a statement ...

The deputy first minister of Wales has said the "blame game of the past" on coal tips is not "helpful". Huw Irranca-Davies was visiting residents in Cwmtillery, Blaenau Gwent, on Thursday after the ...

This meant that the war saw some form of 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 ...