Shotton opencast coal mine sabotaged

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.

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.