Energybuild Mining Limited applied to the Coal Authority, the UK Government agency responsible for mines, for a full underground license for Aberpergwm Colliery, near Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot ...

The colliery is the only producer of high-grade ... More coal mining 'not supported in Wales' Aberpergwm was originally granted a licence to mine coal before licensing powers were handed to ...

Walter Energy is concerned about the implications of the plan for a wind farm near its Aberpergwm Colliery, near Glynneath, which it says could "sterilise" land for mining. Letters have been sent ...

Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion (XR) have 'occupied' the Aberpergwm colliery in south Wales to protest a shaft extension. Eco-warriors with red smoke bombs and black flags marched in white ...

Aberpergwm is believed to employ about 230 ... in attempts to save four miners who died when a drift shaft at Gleision Colliery in the nearby Swansea Valley flooded in September.

270 jobs could be affected following an announcement that a consultation period will begin today on whether to suspend activities at Aberpergwm Colliery. The Welsh Government has issued the ...

270 jobs could be affected after the owner of Aberpergwm Colliery in the Neath Valley begins talks on whether to suspend activity. American firm Walter Energy says the proposal is a "result of a ...

She added that the miners were released by a colliery rescue crew after being ... people may be understandably more concerned. 'But Aberpergwm is a modern and efficient mine.

Walter Energy announced yesterday it was starting worker consultation over plans to suspend mining operations at its Aberpergwm Colliery in the Vale of Neath. It would affect about 270 employees ...