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Campaigners have branded an opencast mining firm 'arrogant' after plans to expand its County Durham site were announced. Banks Mining wants to expand and extract an extra 100,000 tonnes of coal from ...

A mining firm wants to extend its controversial opencast mine in County Durham. Banks Mining has lodged plans to extend its operation near Leadgate on land to the west of its Bradley surface mine. The ...

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Environmental protesters had blocked access to a controversial opencast coal mine in County Durham for over 26 hours by Sunday evening, after the site operator said it had started mining at the site.