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Hours Posted on25/05/202301/09/2026 Hours Updated on01/09/2026

Ffos-y-fran: timeline of illegal coal mining

What follows is an illustrated timeline of the major twists and turns of the long campaign to stop and restore the UK’s largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales

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