Mining News – Early July 2024
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Mining company Cornish Metals has started the second phase of shaft refurbishment at its South Crofty mine project.
The AIM-listed firm is working to revive production at the site which closed in 1998 after more than 400 years as an operating mine.
The government has withdrawn its case against a legal challenge to a controversial new £200m coal mine in Cumbria.
Angela Rayner, the new Secretary of State (SoS) for Housing, Communities and Local Government says there was an “error in law” in the decision to grant planning permission for the mine in December 2022.
Consequently, the government will not now be defending two legal challenges next week (16-18 July) against the Woodhouse Colliery under-sea mine. originally lodged by Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) and has instead informed the court that the decision to grant planning permission should be quashed.