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XR pink boat sails to Wales to bring mining operation to a halt
XR activists protest outside Britain’s largest illegal mine in South Wales
[Alex Essex / Extinction Rebellion]
EXTINCTION REBELLION’S pink protest boat “sailed” back out to Wales today to blockade access roads between the Ffos-y-Fran open-cast mine near Merthyr Tydfil and its depot.
Protesters locked themselves to the boat, bringing the company’s lorry traffic to a halt.
In April 2022, Merthyr Tydfil council rejected an application by the company to extend the mine’s licence, but Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd have continued to operate.
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