CATMHS The Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society (CATMHS) is a society interested in historical industrial sites with an emphasis on mining remains above and below ground. it is actively involved with the exploration of these sites. STOP PRESS New publication "A Collection of Historic Photographs relating to the Coniston Copper Mines" now available in […]
Mining and Migration Migration has been an important facet of European life for countless centuries, especially in Ireland which is estimated to have witnessed the emigration of between 9 and 10 million people in the last 300 hundred years. Today, there are believed to be over 100 million people in the Irish Diaspora. But not…
Credit: West Cumbria Mining. A public inquiry into plans for a coal mine in west Cumbria began today. West Cumbria Mining, which wants to open a mine for coking coal - used to make steel - …
6. The figures given by a 2002 DEFRA assessment of man-made radioactivity, for the sector of the Cumbrian Mud Patch adjacent to the WCM designated sub-sea mining zone, postulates that for 1 Am and ...
West Cumbria Mining | 3,018 followers on LinkedIn. West Cumbria Mining Ltd is a private company that is looking to provide high quality coking coal mined in Whitehaven, UK to supply the steel industry at home and overseas. Currently we have three licences which collectively cover an area of approximately 200km2 off the coast at Whitehaven in West Cumbria, UK.
The area, in north-west England, is dominated by the giant Sellafield nuclear plant, and West Cumbria Mining promises hundreds of well-paid jobs. Coal from the mine could support steel-making in the UK, and using British coal would save the carbon emitted by shipping it from Australia or North America.
7 Boris Johnson signaled on Monday that he did not want to see the controversial coal mining in northwestern England given the green light as he was trying to pressure other countries to phase out mineral mining. The proposed Woodhouse Coal Mine near Whitehaven, Cumbria, was planned to produce coking coal for steelmaking and chemicals as …
West Cumbria Mining have already stole the Haig Mining Museum and lands from the Cumbrian public for less than the price of a bottle of pop. From West Cumbria Mining's statement " As a result of the actions taken by Cumbria CC, WCM concluded that the only course of action was to explore legal actions to secure the future of the project.
West Cumbria Mining is trying to build the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years – a project that would undermine the UK's chances of meeting its climate targets.Under intense pressure from passionate local campaigning in Cumbria, and facing the threat of a legal challenge, former Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick decided to "call in" the controversial Cumbria coal mine decision.
West Cumbria Mining Company. Image caption, The mine would extract coking coal from beneath the Irish Sea to be used in steel production. Plans for the …
Cumbria County Council had originally backed plans for the new mine, but is now reviewing its decision. The area, in north-west England, is …
West Cumbria Mining (WCM) has submitted an application to Cumbria County Council (CCC) for planning permission to build a new underground metallurgical coal mine near Whitehaven. Coal will be mined and moved via an underground conveyor to new processing and storage buildings on the old Marchon site near Whitehaven.
West Cumbria Mining Inquiry Update. Whitehaven News reported that UK's Royal Society of Engineering Chartered Engineer and fellow of the Institute of Mining Mineral.
Public inquiry into Cumbrian coal mining project begins. A public inquiry has begun into the development of the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years. The project, run by West Cumbria Mining (WCM), would extract 2.78 million tonnes of coal a year, up until 2049, but has been widely criticised for its potential environmental impact.
West Cumbria Mining said in its application that the mine would be closed by the end of 2049. Cop26 dream team: The people setting the climate agenda on seven key issues. Last month the CCC wrote a letter to minister of housing and communities Robert Jenrick urging the government to reconsider all new coal developments.
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The developers West Cumbria Mining's initial plan was to start construction in 2017! A legal challenge was put forward in my name under the banner Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole (a Radiation Free Lakeland campaign). The detailed work by top lawyers Leigh Day meant that the legal challenge led to developers amending their application.
West Cumbria Mining have now amended their coal mine plan despite unanimous approval by the council. This followed Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole (a Radiation Free Lakeland campaign) being awarded the right to proceed with a Judicial Review in the name of RaFL founder Marianne Birkby. The Judicial Review was overtaken by the developers putting ...
The company, West Cumbria Mining, wants to extract nearly three million tonnes of coal a year, predominantly for export to European steel works. Coking coal is an ingredient in steel making when blast furnaces are used, but alternative production techniques exist.
West Cumbria Mining claims that the mine will be able to open 24 months after construction begins. It hopes to extract 2.5 million tonnes of coal from the undersea mine every year, for use in the UK and European steel industry. The coal will not be used to generate electricity, given that coal-powered electricity generation must be brought ...
Only Cumbrian haematite ore was suitable, and available in quantity, for producing steel by the Bessemer process. The price rose to 35/- a ton, with mining costs typically of only 5/- a ton. Furness and Cleator Moor became the richest mining areas in the world.
Whitehaven: The West Cumbrian Ex-Mining Community Where Coal is Making a Comeback. Whitehaven is a small port town on the coast of Cumbria, where coal means both life and death. It was death in 1947, when an explosion at the William Pit killed 104 miners, and again in 1910, when a fire at the Wellington Pit trapped and killed 136, some of whom ...
SUPPORTERS of the West Cumbrian coal mine have thrown their support behind the scheme one last time - as the planning inspector visited the proposed site in Whitehaven yesterday.. Plans for the mine, put forward by West Cumbria Mining, were called-in by the secretary of state and have therefore been subjected to a 16-day public inquiry which concluded on Friday.
Coal mining is the process to take the coal from the ground. Getty Images Cumbria in the north-west of England is best known for the Lake District, England's largest national park and a world ...
Cumbria County Council said it would reconsider the planning application by West Cumbria Mining for the project near Whitehaven after new information had come to light.
An inquiry into a planning application for a new coal mine in Cumbria is set to begin today.. The Planning Inspectorate is set to hold the probe into West Cumbria Mining 's application for a coking coal mine off the coast of Whitehaven.. The plans for Woodhouse Colliery were first unveiled in 2014.In March this year, the government intervened in the process, announcing the inquiry.
Since 2014, West Cumbria Mining has been developing plans for the creation of a metallurgical coal mine, known as Woodhouse Colliery, off the coast near Whitehaven in West Cumbria to supply the UK and European steel-making coal market, which …
West Cumbria Mining to take legal action against Cumbria County Council The inquiry will explore the arguments put forward by supporters and opponents of the project, proposed by West Cumbria ...
Mining. As early as the 12th Century there is evidence of mining and quarrying in Cumbria, and it probably dates back to Roman times. Everwhere in Cumbria there is physical evidence of this industry to be seen – lead, copper, zinc, baryte, haematite, tungsten, graphite, fluorite, and coal were being mined and quarried. Slate.
Image source, West Cumbria Mining Company Image caption, The project is planned for a site near Whitehaven The UK, along with other countries, has agreed to drastically cut carbon.