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UK taken to ICSID over failed coal mine

Owners of the Whitehaven coal mine turn to international arbitration after losing in local courts

James Stent
In 2023, members of Extinction Rebellion protested the permitting of the Whitehaven metallurgical coal mine by UK minister Michael Gove

In 2023, members of Extinction Rebellion protested the permitting of the Whitehaven metallurgical coal mine by UK minister Michael Gove | Credits: William Joshua Templeton / Shutterstock

UK-based West Cumbria Mining (WCM) and Singapore-based Woodhouse Investment Pte have taken the UK government to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the first time for...

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