West Cumbria Mining

Fed up of climate activists who don t know any better bashing this company for potentially bringing more jobs to the UK. Detractors in these pages don t even realise what the coal they would produce is for. It s for steel making not energy. And we haven t found a good alternative to this type of coal yet. If they get their way the UK will continue to import coking coal from far flung sources, worsening any impact on the planet that might have.

It's such a shame to see comments such as 'fed up of climate activists' ruining jobs. Firstly, let's make it very clear that if we don't get our act together in protecting our home, earth - we will be facing mass extinction. We are currently using up 1.5 earth worth of carbon, that half an earths more than the maximum. Adding to this is not only unacceptable, it's un-logical. This is not a local issue this mine, it's a global one. The effect of this will effect the whole world, it's biodiversity and everyone on it. It's time companies stop thinking about money and thinking about how best to protect our planet and the people on it. The jobs situation: Whilst we all understand the frustration that there are little jobs and a lower employment rate in Cumbria, and this is a chance to boost jobs and economy, we need to see the bigger picture. We have seen the change in weather destroying communities across the globe and in the U.K. - think about the thousands of jobs lost in these terrible situations, the loss of lives and the emotional loss. There are so many renewable alternatives that can revolutionise the industry and offer so many jobs. This coal mine will be 85% exported and every extra tonne of coal willl drive down costs and drive up emissions. The European Steel Industry have stated that electric arc furnaces are well in the making for creating coal and these are suspected to be available very soon with the appropriate funding. My last point is that as we drive our biodiversity to the ground, we will see more pandemics, more weather destroying our communities, more extinction of our wildlife and everything on the planet including ourselves will begin to perish. This is not the time to be screwing with the earth.

Let's get it open and anyone know how I apply to become a miner.

Let's hope the Woodhouse colliery is the first of many mines to open nationwide there's a 40 foot thick coking coal seam here in the blackcountry just waiting to be mined so here's to a new industrial revolution i can't wait and I'd love to be a part of it

Don't open it. Electric arc furnaces can provide for the steel industry so there's no need. Create green jobs instead.

About time too, supply's needed for the Steel Works

UK coal usage is down 75% since 2012 when wcm started , let alone emission targets and recession. Coal fired stations will be banned by the government from 2025 to help the UK meet its climate targets. This includes many EU countries for export . Everyone comes to west Cumbria to abuse it. Build a nuclear power station . Build Britain s energy coast hundreds of windmills . Now build the uks largest coal plant . Not much going for it except the jobs card.

I am a x miner 20 odd years experience got all papers for tunneling machines dosco RH22 RH25L face trained worked in the development most of my minnig career used all these roof bolting machines the wombat and drilling rigs attached to the dosco arm cutting head. The colliery i work at they drove a experimental tunnel setting arches 6 mtrs appart and bolted mesh to the roof and sides also cable bolting to we british coal geologist set dials and other gadgets to measure pressure on the bolt we were driving a face tunnel 1400 mtrs in for a retreat face. If i was younger and fit with all the experience i have i would be camping out to get my name down for a job good luck hit those targets and produce that coal its better than those eyesores wind turbines there a blot on the land scap these greens can't get in parliament si they get jobs in media and brain wash people. This country wouldn't be in the state its ib if they hadn't closed the collierys. The colliery i worked at Golborne still had over 50 years of coal left i worked in tunnelling we started new seam just drove tunnels in built all the jynctions ready to start the district and they stopped us and we left all machinery

The reviewers criticising this admirable project, which will provide a major boost to the local economy with many well-paid jobs, clearly have not taken the trouble to discover that the coal mined will used exclusively for steel making, and will have no harmful effect on the local environment. I wish West Cumbria Mining every success.

Profit over peoples safety as usual, this is a suicidal project at this point in time.

Lets get this pit up and running.well let's mine it. U saying it's destroying the planet have a look around u it's drugs and knife attacks that's destroying the planet get them down pit that would make them men

Show me a future without the need for steel. We either dig the coal ourselves or buy it.