Why Coal Mining in N. Wales Was a Far Cry from Hollywood Stereotype; Ian Parri Meets a Man Determined to Tell the Real Story Behind Our Lost IndustryTHE Welsh miner, face blackened by dust, is still as stereotypical an image of our country as tweed-clad ladies in stovepipe hats. And ...
Mr Drakeford said: "Anyone brought up in the Labour movement and anyone brought up in the Rhondda will be shaped by the legacy of coal mining in Wales. "I vividly remember, I had just gone to secondary school in Carmarthen and I returned home on an October afternoon....
Mining and exploration areas of Mt Arthur coal mine comprise Bayswater no. 2 lease, Bayswater no. 3 lease and the Mt Arthur north lease. Mining at Bayswater no. 2 started in 1968, at Bayswater no. 3 in 1995 and at Mt Arthur North lease in 2002. In recent years, the company has been...
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Wales has a long history of mining, but environmental groups have argued the new mine is "jaw-droppingly inconsistent" with the UK's climate ambition [Rhian/ Pixabay] Sarah George EURACTIV.com in partnership with edie.net Jan 7, 2021 13:00 3 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part...
Some of the most active longwall coal leases in the southern coalfields of New South Wales are currently found near or under areas set aside for drinking water catchment protection. Despite new mining approval processes and the listing of the alteration of habitat following subsidence due to ...
A large part ofWest Virginia’sheritage is its coal mining history. Coal has contributed significantly to the state’s economic, political, and social history since it was first discovered in Boone County in 1742. These energy-rich bituminous coal deposits occur in all but two of West Virginia...
In this paper, we make a case for bringing energy geography into closer dialogue with emotional geography, and argue that doing so has the potential to greatly improve our understanding of energy systems and their intersection with everyday life, bringing essential but often overlooked aspects into...
New industries include microprocessors and computers, biotechnology and other high-tech industries. There are three areas in Britain which have seen some high-tech industrial growth: (1). the area between London and South Wales, (2). the Cambridge area of East Anglia and (3). the area betwee...
A first report dealt with the demand for timber for box and packing-case manufacture in Great Britain, whilst a second, now before us, deals with the demand for timber in coal-mining in England and Wales.doi:10.1038/10.1038/136653a0