
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard’s thoughts are summarised here. He asserts that the proposed Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria (site above), backed by Australian private equity group EMR Capital, has no commercial rationale and will be obsolescent before it ever opens. It was claimed at first that Whitehaven coking coal would supply Britain’s steel industry and displace imported […]
The Whitehaven Colliery plan is ‘a dark stain on the UK’s green ambitions’