The project would have been the UK's first new deep coal mine in more than 30 years. Following the grant of permission, Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change filed court ...

The mine’s operator, West Cumbria Mining, said it would extract coking coal for steelmaking in the UK and Europe. However, Labour effectively sounded the death knell for coal mining in the UK ...

New coal mining schemes will be banned in the UK, the Government has said. Ministers have confirmed that legislation will be introduced to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines ...