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Shotton Opencast Coal Mine Sabotaged (UK)
24 May 2010
“Machines sabotaged at Banks Group’s Shotton opencast coal mine near
Cramlington. On the morning of the 24th of May 13 machines were
sabotaged at Shotton opencast coal mine. One excavator, two
bulldozers and ten heavy earth movers were damaged. The damage
included cut electrics, cut hydraulics and coal dust in oil tanks.
Also 150 meters of water pipe was slashed, flooding an area of the mine.
Shotton opencast is operated by Banks Mining and started working in
2008. It is expected to extract 3.4 million tonnes of coal, two
million tonnes of shale and 750,000 tonnes of fireclay over an
eight-year period.
This action was taken by a group of autonomous people resisting total
environmental destruction, climate change and civilised culture, and
in solidarity with all people who are struggling against the coal
industry. “