What is the UK coal mine situation?
Currently, there is one large operating coal mine in the UK – Aberpergwm. The only other active coal mine is the relatively small Ayle Colliery, in Northumberland. There is a live application to expand the Glan Lash opencast coal mine. We are fighting to secure the restoration of Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine. Read our coal facts and figures, or our myth busters. What’s the difference between opencast and deep coal mines?
