Owing its industrialization to coal, its mining has shaped the destiny of this small nation of 3.1 million inhabitants. But ...

Energy bills could be cut by low carbon heat schemes which use water from abandoned Welsh coal mines. One in five properties ...

Coal was central to the war effort. It not only kept people warm but powered industry, railways and shipping. After the loss of French and Belgian coalfields to the Allied war effort, Welsh coal was ...

Energybuild said most of its coal was not burned for energy, but used in processes including water purification. Welsh ministers wanted the UK government to cancel the licence for Aberpergwm mine ...

When Prof JC Niala started collecting stories for a new project, she did not expect to hear about how Welsh people once walked all the way to Oxford. The writer and historian has curated Journeys to ...

The popularity of the engine made Watt a very wealthy man. An engraving showing child labour in a Welsh coal mine. The child on the left is a 'trapper' - they were responsible for opening and ...

She added that the government's Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales ... In response, the Welsh government said: "We want to ensure our coal tip communities are safe, both now and in the future ...

F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U. S. N., it appears that the Collin's steamers use anthracite on the voyage to Liverpool, and Welsh coal, also an anthracite, on the return voyage. The Welsh coal ...