Ffos-y-fran coal mine restoration
Coal Action Network is campaigning to get nature restored to the site of the recently closed Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine in South Wales. The coal operator, Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd, mined illegally for around 15 months, pocketing millions in revenue, and now refuses to pay for the restoration promised to the local community since 2007! What’s worse, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is letting them get away with it.
We demand justice for nature and justice for local communities, both of which has suffered the terrible impacts of 16 years of opencast coal mining.
Ffos-y-fran updates
The human cost of the stolen £millions
The human cost of the stolen £millions The mining company,…
Cross-party support at Senedd drop-in session to act on coal legacy
On July 1st, 2025, CAN organised drop-in session at the…
Lethal landscape: cuts to Ffos-y-fran mine restoration puts community at risk
16 years of opencast coal mining in Ffos-y-fran has generated…
Demand nature be restored to Ffos-y-fran opencast site
Demand nature be restored to Ffos-y-fran opencast site Mining company…
We investigate mining company’s ‘missing’ millions
We investigate mining company’s ‘missing’ millions Background Mining company: Merthyr…
Welsh Government & Local Council respond to CCEIC’s recommendations
In May 2023, Coal Action Network wrote to the Climate…
Senedd Committee reports ‘Missed Opportunities’ in Restoring Nature at Opencast Coal Mines in Wales
The Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (CCEIC) has…
Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine quietly becomes a massive reservoir
Coal Action Network’s drone footage on Monday 11th March raised…
Charges dropped for activists blocking Ffos-y-fran coal mine
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped all charges against the…
Ffos-y-fran, the UK’s last opencast coal mine finally shut – we’re not celebrating
We are an environmental organisation dedicated to ending coal mining…
Ffos-y-fran: timeline of illegal coal mining
01 September 2022: Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd applies for a…
Judicial Review filed against Ffos-y-fran illegal coal mine
With support from the Good Law Project, we have filed…
Ffos-y-fran mining company acting “unilaterally and unlawfully”
Respected senior Barrister, James Maurici KC, and Barrister Toby Fisher…
Ffos-y-fran: the UK’s huge illegal coal operation
Based on the most recently available official statistics from The…
Victory! We stopped Ffos-y-fran opencast from extending coal operations!
After two decades of campaigning, last night (26/04/23) Merthyr Tydfil…
Stop coal’s climate toll
Today (25th April) people dressed as Rebecca Rioters protested against…
Rally to rule out expanding Ffos-y-fran opencast
Ffos-y-fran is a large opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil,…
Petition delivered to the Welsh Government: call in and reject this coal mine!
In September 2022, Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine’s 15-year planning permission…