Dewley Hill: Newcastle City Council blocks controversial coal mine
Dewley Hill: Newcastle City Council blocks controversial coal mine Climate campaigners have expressed relief after an application to turn more than 250 acres of greenbelt land near Newcastle into an opencast coal mine was blocked. Image: Defend Dewley Hill The application for the Dewley Hill project was submitted earlier this year by Banks Mining, which argued that the project would provide essential fuel to the UK’s steel and cement sector. Its plans were built around extracting up to 800,000 tonnes of coal and 400,000 tonnes of fireclay each year. Banks Mining also pointed to the job crea...
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