https://www.miningweekly.com

Britain's approval for new coal mine unlawful, court rules

13th September 2024

By: Reuters

  

Font size: - +

LONDON - Britain's approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London's High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners.

Friends of the Earth and South Lakeland Action on Climate Change challenged the previous Conservative government's 2022 approval of a coking coal mine in northwest England.

Britain dropped its defence of the legal challenges after a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year said planning authorities must consider the impact of burning, not just extracting, fossil fuels when deciding whether to approve projects.

Developer West Cumbria Mining fought the case and said the project – which planned to extract coking coal for manufacturing steel, rather than to generate electricity – would be "a unique 'net zero' mine".

Judge David Holgate, however, said in a written ruling on Friday that "the assumption that the proposed mine would not produce a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, or would be a net zero mine, is legally flawed".

Edited by Reuters

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD
Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD

For over 30 years, Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD has been designing, manufacturing, supplying and maintaining specialist...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Airshrink - CiP
Airshrink - CiP

At Airshrink - CiP, we surpass customer expectations with innovative MV and LV cable accessories, including heat shrink joints, terminations,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

DRDGOLD, Sibanye-Stillwater, Mintek make headlines
DRDGOLD, Sibanye-Stillwater, Mintek make headlines
17th July 2026
A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.
Magazine round up | 17 July 2026
17th July 2026

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.062 0.083s - 110pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now