Campaigners invaded the site of an opencast coal mine to protest against work being carried out. Mining firm Banks Group has started work to extract 500,000 tonnes of coal from the Pont Valley site, ...

Neighbours of the UK's last opencast mine say they have been betrayed by new plans to restore the site. Ffos-y-Fran's operators Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd were originally granted planning permission in ...

INDEPENDENT technology consultancy Opencast has reached a milestone on its rapid expansion journey with the recruitment of its 400th employee. A clutch of new employees who started with the ...

Merthyr South Wales Ltd sparked anger after submitting a new - and cheaper - restoration plan.

TECH consultancy Opencast software targeted 50 new recruits in Quarter One of 2021 – and is already planning for a further 50 in the second half of the year. Dozens of new starters have joined the ...

Merthyr Tydfil's Ffos-y-Fran mine was responsible for 86% of the UK's total coal output before it closed Residents who live near the UK's largest opencast mine have "grave concerns" over rising water ...

INDEPENDENT technology consultancy Opencast has reached a milestone on its rapid expansion journey with the recruitment of its 400th employee. A clutch of new employees who started with the ...

Mining firms undertaking opencast operations are taking the biggest knocks during the current wave of fuel price hikes, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) said this week. The surge, which has ...

INDEPENDENT technology consultancy Opencast is ten years old – and is planning for the next decade with a move into a new HQ designed for hybrid ways of working post pandemic, as well as opening three ...

Newcastle-based technology consultancy Opencast has appointed a new chief financial officer to help drive forward its expansion. James Hodgson has joined the £30m turnover company from technology and ...

Opencast have opted to appoint from within, with Lawson taking on the position of CEO after being the consultancy’s head of corporate development since December 2019. In his new role, Lawson will be ...

The future of plans to develop an opencast mine in south west Wales hang in the balance after councillors suspended their decision on the site. A group of pitmen and their families picketed the ...