extract about three million tonnes of coal and other minerals from the Highthorn site in Northumberland. The application was rejected in March 2018. UK Coal (company, England and Scotland) Active sites in 2010 Long Moor: 725 kton initial reserve Lodge House (Derbyshire): 1Mton initial reserve; further 800 kton awaiting planning approval August 2011 Cutacre (Greater Manchester, between Bolton and Salford): 900 kton initial reserve Steadsburn (fifteen miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne): 1Mton initial reserve plus 300 ktons of fireclay Stobswood, at Stobswood near Morpeth in Northumberland. UK Coal prospective sites in 2010 In 2010, UK Coal had the following prospective sites in England and Scotland. Hoodsclose, Co. Durham (2200 kton coal + 500 kton fireclay) Potland Burn, Northumberland (2,000 kton), note 1 Park Wall North, Co. Durham (1275 kton), note 1 Bradley, Co. Durham (550 kton) - rejected in February 2011 though UK Coal is appealing Huntington Lane, Shropshire (900 kton), note 2 Blair House, Fife (700 kton) Former Minorca Colliery (Measham, Leicestershire); 1250 kton + 250 kton fireclay - planning permission granted July 2011, production expected to commence summer 2012 Butterwell Disposal Point (Northumberland); 1000 kton + 200 kton fireclay, note 1 Notes These three sites are now owned by UKCSMR Limited. Coal extraction at Huntington Lane ended in 2013 but, in May 2015, it was claimed that the site had been "left as an eyesore". Site restoration The Sunday Herald reported on 13 July 2014 that "Mines in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife, abandoned by Scottish Coal when it went bust in April 2013, are threatened by rising water levels, contaminated lagoons and erosion". On 9 July 2015 an Opencast Coal Summit was held to "explore what the planning system can do to ensure all opencast coal sites are fully and sustainably restored for the benefit of communities and the environment". After the summit a report was published by Carl Sargeant AM, the Welsh Minister for Natural Resources. Opposition Open-pit coal mining is opposed by the Loose Anti-Opencast Network (LAON) and by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. See also List of active coal-fired power stations in the United Kingdom References Coal mining in the United Kingdom Surface mines in England