Chief engineer Andy Cowie said it has safeguarded the line’s future for the foreseeable future. He said: ‘A lot of heritage ...

Given the go-ahead back in 2005, the UK's largest opencast mine was officially classed as a "land reclamation scheme". That meant part of the profits made from selling 11 million tonnes of coal over ...

The amount of public money available to make Welsh coal tips safe "only scratches the surface", according to evidence heard by a parliamentary committee. The Welsh Affairs Select Committee was told ...

There will more than likely never be enough funding for the risk posed by disused coal tips in Wales to be taken away, MPs have been told. Representatives from four Welsh councils appeared in front of ...

Today we are talking to Professor Brad Evans about his new book How Black Was My Valley: Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland. It’s all about growing up poor in a Welsh coal mining ...

Changes have been made to the safety classifications of coal tips in Wales. Regular inspections and checks have been taking place to create an accurate database of where coal tips are and any risk ...

Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes. With an estimated ...

GLYNNEATH (Reuters) - Two decades ago, Britain was shutting collieries and coal miners were staging desperate and sometimes violent strikes in a vain attempt to save their jobs. Now, near-record high ...