Butterwell mine

Butterwell mine is a new open cut coal mine near Morpeth in Northumberland. The mine is owned and operated by UK Coal.

Production
The mine was commissioned in 2011/2012. On its website UK Coal states that operations started in October 2011 "with coal production starting in May 2012.>

The planning permission for the mine is for a total of 1 million tonnes of coal to be extracted over 41 months. Planning permission nwas granted in May 2011.

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