West Cumbria Mining (WCM) can confirm that the judicial review challenge lodged against Cumbria County Council with West Cumbria Mining named as an interested party, has been withdrawn by the claimant.
West Cumbria Mining’s Technical Director, Peter Altounyan (left) and Assistant Mining Engineer, Rohin Shah (right) visited Energy Coast UTC in Workington, Cumbria earlier this week to talk to Year 10/11 students about what it means to be a mining engineer at West Cumbria Mining.
West Cumbria Mining is delighted that the Government has agreed with Cumbria County Council’s unanimous decision to approve the planning application for the project and has rejected the request for the project to be ‘called in’.
As part of a commitment to data preservation, WCM has established new long-term drill core storage on its Haig office grounds.
WCM’s Project Geologist, Dennis Rowland, held a morning session with the Cumberland Geological Society recently, as part of a Society day trip introducing ‘Coal and Iron in West Cumbria.’
Following on from the very successful offshore exploration drilling campaign of 2017, West Cumbria Mining (WCM) is now embarking on a new phase of work, this time onshore, where it is aiming to recover a significantly larger quantity of coal from underground.
West Cumbria Mining Supplier Open Day, Haig Museum office, 12th July 2017
WCM hosted a supplier open day on 12th July at its Haig Museum office, businesses were invited to come along and register their interest in working with the company.
