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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

Digging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expires

A digger at Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The licence for the opencast coal mine expired months ago, but miners continue to dig hundreds of tons of coal a day
A digger at Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The licence for the opencast coal mine expired months ago, but miners continue to dig hundreds of tons of coal a day. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Miners have continued to dig hundreds of tons a day from a controversial opencast coalmine in south Wales, months after its licence expired.

Despite its licence to operate having ended nine months ago, hydraulic dump trucks have continued to haul consignments of coal from the Ffos-y-Fran mine, just above the town of Merthyr Tydfil.

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