Coal mining comes back to the UK with $218 million project

A new £165 million (about $218 million) coal mine, Woodhouse Colliery, has been unanimously approved by councillors in the county of Cumbria, in northwest England. The mine promises hundreds of jobs, but also protests by environmental activists. West Cumbria Mining plans to open...

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