Mine no more; Write off; Stop the press.
The UK’s largest opencast coal mine will have to close after authorities rejected a request to extend its operations.
Mining at Ffos-y-Fran, in South Wales, has been ordered to stop after Merthyr County Borough Council voted unanimously against an application to continue mining until March 2024.
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