SENEDD members slammed the mismanagement of Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine today saying bosses’ mistakes “must never happen again.”

The climate change and environment committee called for lessons to be learned about how sites are restored after mining permits end. 

The Ffos-y-Fran mine in Merthyr Tydfil was the last opencast mine in Wales. Its owners’ licence to extract coal expired in September 2022, but the mine continued to operate illegally until its closure in November 2023.