Gateshead mine water heat project secures government approval

The Gateshead mine water heat network is a scheme that utilises abandoned coal workings to harness geothermal energy

Jeff Halliwell appointed Chair of the Coal Authority

The Coal Authority is an operational delivery body that manages the effects of past coal mining and is using innovative approaches to decarbonising heat using mine water and mine assets, supporting the UK’s net zero goals

Artist paints a green future for coal mine sludge with pigment creation

Onya McCausland’s ‘Six Bells Red’ line of pigments has been launched at the Coal Authority’s Six Bells mine water treatment scheme in South Wales

Northumberland scheme to protect environment from rising mine water completed

The expanded project can now treat more than six billion litres of mine water every year – equivalent to 2,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools