{"id":23152,"date":"2014-11-04T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=23152"},"modified":"2014-11-04T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:42:15","slug":"open-cast-mine-proposal-opposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/open-cast-mine-proposal-opposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Open cast mine proposal opposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposal for Miller Argent to create an open cast mine in Nant Llesg near Rhymney is causing a stir among local communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Valley Alliance is fighting the motion saying that the negatives vastly outweigh the positives of creating 260 new jobs for the community.<\/p>\n<p>They have claimed in a report that the mine will cause a loss of \u00a328 million to the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Field employs 140 people at Richards and Appleby Ltd in Rhymney and said, \u201cthe evidence we have found from looking at similar mines across the UK indicates the impact of a mine like this would not just be on people\u2019s quality of life and health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would also have a significant effect on the environment and the long term economic future of the area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Open Cast Mine 2\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Open-Cast-Mine-2.jpeg\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Open Cast Mine 2\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Open-Cast-Mine-2.jpeg\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Protestors against the open cast mine in Rhymney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open cast mine proposal near Rhymney causing a stir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":23154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[256,3986,3987,3988,3989,1892,3990],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-environment","tag-green-valley-alliance","tag-mine","tag-mining","tag-open-cast-mine","tag-protest","tag-rhymney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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