The Big Pit museum is a 140-year-old former coal mine in Blaenavon, in south Wales and part of Museum Wales, a government-backed body which is bound to follow a Labour directive to set “the ...

A scrapper at an open cut coal mine in New South Wales skidded more than 50m before colliding with a haul truck in a recent ...

In fact, a 2023 study by NRW found harmful levels of lead in eggs laid on two farms near abandoned mines in West Wales. The level of lead found was enough to trigger cognitive impairments in young ...

This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield after the long, hard inter-war years. One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the ...

Ioan Lord is rediscovering Wales' lost mines. Their existence and whereabouts have been forgotten about for hundreds of years. He believes there are more than 1,000 mines in mid Wales alone - and ...

Dozens of people had to be evacuated from their homes after a disused coal tip collapsed in Cwmtillery in Wales, late last year. Sunday 9 February 2025 05:49, UK Wales ...

Thirteen coal tips in Wales have had their safety classification altered. All but two have been moved to the two most serious safety classification. In the wake of a slip at Tylorstown in 2020 ...

Plans for a new restoration scheme for the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil have been revealed. Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd has applied for a revised scheme for the final restoration ...

The Whyalla steelworks' owner says it will sell part or all of its stake in a New South Wales coal mine and use some of the proceeds to "catch-up" on payments owed to suppliers. In a statement ...

A public meeting to help decide the fate of a solar farm proposed for construction next to a former coal mine in New South Wales has been moved online, after only a handful of people registered to ...

This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield after the long, hard inter-war years. One in ten eighteen-year-olds were drafted into mines rather than the ...