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Langton Project

Friday 11th February 2011

Former Langton Colliery Spoil Heap Coal Recovery and Reclamation Scheme The former Langton Colliery spoil heap had previously been the subject of a poor restoration scheme which left the site unsightly and vulnerable to combustion and leachate. RecyCoal is undertaking… [read more]

 

The Prince of Wales Colliery

Thursday 20th January 2011

The Prince of Wales colliery at Pontefract, West Yorkshire was a drift mine producing 1.5 million tonnes of coal per annum up to closure in 2002 on economic grounds. The original colliery was founded in 1880 but new drifts were… [read more]

 

Silverwood Case Study

Tuesday 11th January 2011

A restored site providing a haven for the local community with impressive views across the Rother valley… Silverwood was acquired from British Coal with a view to completing an environmentally led restoration funded from the coal recovered from the site.… [read more]

 

Gasgoine Wood, Selby

Saturday 18th December 2010

The business operated the largest coal preparation complex in Europe during the 1990's, processing in excess of 150 million tonnes of material… The Gascoigne Wood complex was a standalone coal processing and rapid rail loading facility. The site was the… [read more]

 

Barnburgh Case Study

Saturday 11th December 2010

Barnburgh: A substantial improvement in community life… The Barnburgh project is an excellent example of a world class environmental clean up by RecyCoal. The site was a redundant brown field colliery spoil heap in South Yorkshire with significant contamination from… [read more]

 

New Park Springs Tip, Grimethorpe

Thursday 4th November 2010

The reclamation and restoration of New Park Springs Tip at Grimethorpe was one of the last phases of the wider regeneration of the area by the public sector Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward. The overall objective of the scheme was… [read more]