Rusha in Scotland. All of these sites are closed (or under restoration) as of August, 2020 but Banks were awaiting decisions on two proposed sites to open (Druridge Bay and Newcastle). The application for Druridge Bay was rejected on 8 September 2020 for a second time, and Banks company decided not to appeal this time, making the decision final. The application for opening a mine in Newcastle (Dewley Hill) was rejected on 18 December 2020. A mine in Hartington, Derbyshire was still operating in August, 2020 but was planning on closing by the end of 2020. It closed in September, 2020. Recent history The following information relates to 2016 and earlier. Production In November 2015, the UK Government announced that all the remaining coal-fired power stations would be closed by 2025. In February 2020 the UK government said that it would consult on bringing the closure date forward to 2024. Scotland Hargreaves plc announced in 2016 the closure of the following operations: Broken Cross in South Lanarkshire Duncanziemere and Netherton in Ayrshire St. Ninians and Muir Dean in Fife Glenmuckloch in Dumfriesshire Wales Tower Colliery site in Hirwaun The deep mine at Tower Colliery closed in 2008, but there is a plan to build an 80-hectare 165-metre open-pit mine to extract a remaining 6Mton reserve of anthracite, for which a planning application was registered in July 2010. The opencast operation stopped production in March 2017 after it was unable to sell the coal to Aberthaw Power Station due to stricter environmental controls. Nant-y-Mynydd Energybuild Ltd operated an opencast site here; it was estimated to have 450 kton of recoverable coal in 2006, which has mostly been excavated between 2006 and 2009. The overburden was sold as road stone. Selar The site was approved in 1995 but operation was delayed until 1997. Celtic Energy operated a mine at Selar in the Neath Valley. Planning permission was granted to extend the extraction by 800,000 tonnes in 2013 which will keep the mine operational until 2020. The site was mothballed in 2015 due to low coal prices. Celtic Energy now only operates only the expanded East Pit. Nant Llesg Miller Argent planned to extract 6m tonnes of coal at Nant Llesg, near Rhymney. Their application was rejected by Caerphilly county borough council on 7 August 2015. The company is considering an appeal. England Banks Mining applied in October 2015 for planning permission to