Opencast Sites in Operation

There were 35 opencast sites in production as at 31 March 2006.

Licensee

Name

Location

Aardvark TMC Ltd (t/a ATH Resources) 

Skares Road
Skares Road Extension
Grievehill

East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire

ATH Garleffan Ltd

Garleffan

East Ayrshire

Bryn Bach Coal Ltd

Cwn Yr Onen Colliery Reclamation

Neath, Port Talbot

Celtic Energy Ltd

Margam Opencast
Nant Helen Extension
Selar

Bridgend Powys
Neath, Port Talbot

Dynant Fach Colliery Company

Dynant Fawr

Carmarthenshire

Ecosse Regenaration Ltd

Polkemmet

West Lothian

Energybuild Ltd

Nant Melyn
Nant-y-Mynydd

Neath, Port Talbot
Neath, Port Talbot

GM M Mining Ltd

Kingslaw Site

Kirkcaldy, Fife

H J Banks & Company Ltd

Bankrigg Ltd.
Delhi Site Fox Covert

Falkirk
Northumberland
Newcastle

Hall Construction Services Ltd

Albion Extension
Earlseat OCCS

Leicestershire
East Wemys, Fife

I & H Brown 

Begg Farm
Rosebank

Kirkcaldy, Fife
East Wemys, Fife

Kier Minerals Ltd

Greenburn Project

East Ayrshire

Minerals (UK) Ltd

Bwlch Ffos Mining Site

Neath, Port Talbot

Parkhill Estates Ltd

Caughley Quarry

Shropshire

Scottish Coal Company Ltd

Broken Cross & Extension
Chalmerston
Chalmerston North
Glentaggart
Greenbank (St Ninians)
House of Water
Newbigging Farm
Powharnal
Spireslack

South Lanarkshire
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Nr Kelty, Fife
East Ayrshire
Midlothian
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire

Shires Development Ltd

Roundwood Colliery Reclamation Scheme

Rotherham

UK Coal Mining Ltd

Barugh Bridge
Maidens Hall Extension

Barnsley
Northumberland

Source: The Coal Authority