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Mineral Planning in Wales: Supporting the Welsh economy
08th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningRoisin Willmott looks at current initiatives to enable mineral planning to support economic recovery in Wales and how it is seeking to overcome serious financial constraints on the public sector to achieve this.
Digital revolution offers extra content on key developments
08th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningAs Mineral Planning develops and moves into new media formats parallels can be seen with developments in policy in Wales and the possibility of an independent Scotland.
Court of Appeal rules on opencast coal extension
08th February, 2012, Mineral PlanningIn R. (on the application of Celtic Energy Ltd) v Welsh Ministers [October 2011] a mining company appealed against a judgement refusing to quash a decision of the Welsh ministers to uphold refusal of permission for an extension to an opencast coal si...
Metals recycling: supporting a greener economy
24th January, 2012, Mineral PlanningAs government works towards 'zero waste', Ian Hetherington, director general of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), explains what's needed to ensure metals recycling and recovery is maximised.
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