Bats return to Tarmac site
Careful management of a colony of endangered bats that had been nesting in a building on Tarmac's Halecombe quarry has led to them remaning on site and even breeding there - even after the building was restored.
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Rehabilitating quarry guidelines stress importance of going beyond legal minimum
17th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningGuidelines on rehabilitating quarries which stress the need to go beyond the bare legal minimum required in each country and to involve stakeholders have been produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Second Sirius rig to start in March
17th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningA second coring rig for the York Potash Project should be on site by the end of March, the company behind the project claims.
Anglesey exploration starts again
17th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningAnglesey Mining has restarted exploration of its Parys Mountain site on the island, in the hope that it may identify larger reserves of copper, zinc and lead which are closer to the surface.
Banks starts work starts on West Lothian surface mine
16th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningBanks Mining has started preparatory work on a new surface mine in West Lothian which it says will create 50 jobs and bring in £5m annually to the local economy over the course of its seven-year life.
UK aggregates industry continues its struggle to replenish reserves
16th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningThe UK aggregates industry continues to be unable to replenish its output with new reserves according to a report from BDS Marketing Research Ltd. This, the report states, is despite markets continuing to remain at historically low levels during 2011...
- Rehabilitating quarry guidelines stress importance of going beyond legal minimum
- Second Sirius rig to start in March
- Anglesey exploration starts again
- Banks starts work starts on West Lothian surface mine
- UK aggregates industry continues its struggle to replenish reserves
- Archaeologists spell out what to expect
- MPA wants more focus on plans
- MPA says plan led system still failing to deliver
- Coalfields Trust gets a further £22m
- Aggregates Levy - BAA General Court judgment due March
Latest Casework
- 1Mt extension to Broken Cross Opencast Site, Lanarkshire is approved
- North Yorkshire County Council considers revisions to Middleton Lodge consent
- Surrey County Council considers request for more time to restore Runfold South Quarry
- New road at Cradlebridge peat extraction site considered not to increase impacts
- Hampshire considers refusal of sand extraction and landfill at Durley due to highways impact
- 115Mt increase in reserves at Torr Quarry considered to bring sustainability benefits
- Early deliveries from bagging plant at Kingston Railway Wharf considered not to cause unacceptable increase in noise
- Secretary of state allows Campions Wood Quarry ROMP appeal
- Sand and gravel extraction approved despite not being allocated in local plan
- Council considers allowing the removal of access restrictions at Lydiate Quarry
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Latest Statutory Instruments
- Statutory instruments issued 2nd December 2011 - 16th February 2012
- Statutory instruments issued 2nd December 2011 - 16th February 2012
- Statutory instruments issued 1st November 2011 - 1st December 2011
- SI 2057 The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
- SR 212 - Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regs (N. Ireland) 2011.
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