Keeping you involved

Shotton Surface Mine
Community Update
We invite you to a public exhibition at:
Stannington Village Hall
Thursday 25 April 2013 between 3pm and 7pm
Keeping you involved
There’s plenty of good news
to update you on since our last
newsletter. Please read on to
see what we’ve been up to in
your community and for an
update on operations at our
Shotton Surface Coal Mine.
The mine employs over 150 people and we currently spend over
£15m on local suppliers every year. We’ve identified two small
additional areas to the Shotton Surface Mine which would allow us
to extend these jobs and contracts for a further year and produce an
additional half a million tonnes of coal in the UK, rather than relying on imports from overseas.
We are having a public exhibition in Stannington Village Hall to give
you a chance to come and look at the plans and ask us any questions
you may have. We hope you’ll take the opportunity to join us for a
cuppa and a chat and we look forward to receiving your feedback.
Get involved: see back page for our contact details
Banks in
your community
Supporting your local facilities
This is just a selection of some of the grants made in your area by the Banks Community Fund within the last 18 months. If you
are a member of a local group who would like to apply for funding then please contact us using the details on the back page.
Grant awarded to...
Value
Cramlington Community Tennis Programme - Resurfacing of tennis courts
£11,000
Blyth Valley Arts and Leisure - Resurfacing of MUGA pitch
£10,000
Stannington Village Hall – Resurfacing of the Car Park
£20,000
Stannington Village Hall – New hall and stage curtains
£7,500
Blagdon Estate Cricket Club
£2,000
Did you know?
The Banks Community Fund has made grants totalling almost £2.4 million since 2005.
Almost £700,000 of this has been given to groups in Northumberland.
The Lady of the North gets
a red nose for Comic Relief
On 15th March, a team
of students battled snow
and strong winds at the
top of Northumberlandia
to give her a red nose
for Comic Relief.
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They were supported by volunteers from The Land Trust, the charity
that has taken over the long-term management of the 100ft sculpture.
The Lady of the North’s 9.7m-wide nose is about as big as three
double-decker buses and about three times the width of the Statue of Liberty’s face!
The £3 million cost of building Northumberlandia was entirely funded
by the Banks Group and Blagdon Estate and we are delighted to see
how many local people have been making use of this fantastic new
attraction for Northumberland. A £142,000 new visitor centre will be
built in the next few months which we are funding through our Banks
Community Fund.
New apprentices
We are very excited to have appointed three apprentice
mechanics and one apprentice welder who will be working
at our Shotton and Brenkley Lane surface mines. Banks
and Northumberland College have spent two years
developing these bespoke apprenticeships which include a
comprehensive two-year training programme at the college as
well as on-site work.
We are also making a range of equipment on site available
for the college, including engines, hydraulic systems and
excavator buckets.
As a major employer in south east Northumberland, we
feel that we have a responsibility to provide training and
development opportunities for local young people who want
to make their way in the world, and to help them gain skills
that will not only serve them well whilst they’re working with
us, but throughout their working lives.
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Shotton South West
This is the smaller additional area but we believe it contains
up to 250,000 tonnes of coal. It will take up to six months
to remove this coal but due to restrictions on the time of
year when we can move soil we will require a 12 month
extension in the lifetime of the site. This means we would
finish coaling in October 2017 and complete the restoration
by October 2019. We will be submitting a planning
application to Northumberland County Council in May
seeking permission for this additional area.
Update
on site
operations
Key facts
•Up to 250,000 tonnes of additional coal
•1 year extension
Amended proposed scheme
•Application will be assessed by Northumberland County Council
We have identified two
additional areas for the Shotton
Surface Mine - Shotton South
West and Shotton Triangle.
Proposed timeline
May 2008
Work began on site
Jan 2011 Planning permission granted for Shotton Extra Coal
Spring 2013
Public consultation on additional areas
May 2013 Submission of Shotton South West planning application
Sept 2013 Submission of Shotton Triangle planning application
Oct 2017 End of coal extraction (if applications are approved)
Oct 2019 Completion of restoration (if applications are approved)
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•Submission of planning application in May 2013
Original site boundary
Shotton Triangle
Shotton
Triangle area
Trees retained
Original
extraction area
We believe this area contains 300,000 tonnes of coal but
we won’t be ready to submit a planning application until
September at the earliest. We need to carry out a number
of surveys in the meantime to ensure we can create an
environmentally acceptable scheme. More details of
this area will be available later in the year once we have
undertaken these surveys.
Key facts
•Up to 300,000 tonnes of additional coal
Shotton South
West area
•Submission of planning application expected in September 2013
•Application will be assessed by Northumberland County Council
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Key Benefits
Over 500,000
tonnes of additional
Northumberland
coal
Over £20million
staying in the UK
rather than being
spent on imported
coal
Continued support for
community facilities
through the Banks
Community Fund
150 jobs supported
Site supervisors
1x Site manager
1x Deputy Manager
3x Supervisors
Overburden extraction
7x Prime movers
43x Dump truck drivers
Haul road
3x Grader
5x Dozers
Coal processing
5x Loading shovels
Dust suppression
3x Water bowser
operators
Coaling
6x Excavators
10x Coal truck drivers
Plant
Plant Plant
Overburden/haul
Overburden/haul
Overburden/haul
road
road road
Coal
Coalprocessing
processing
Coal processing
Dust
Dustsuppression
suppression
Dust suppression
Coaling
CoalingCoaling
Maintenance
Maintenance
Maintenance
Overburden
Overburden
Overburden
extraction
extraction
extraction
Site
Sitesupervisors
supervisors
Site supervisors
10x
10xHeavy
Heavy
10x Heavy
1xGrader
Grader
1x/ /2x
Grader
2xDozers
Dozers
/ 2x Dozers3x
3xLoading
Loading
3x shovels
Loading
shovels shovels
2x
2xWater
Water2x
bowser
bowser
Wateroperators
operators
bowser operators
4x
4xExcavators
Excavators
4x Excavators
1x
1xEngineer
Engineer
1x Engineer1x
3xPrime
Prime3x
movers
movers
Prime movers
1x
1xSite
Sitemanager
manager
1x Site manager3x
plant
plantfitters
fitters
plant fitters
6x
6xDump
Dump6x
truck
truck
Dump
drivers
drivers
truck drivers
1x
1xCleaners
Cleaners
1x Cleaners
14xDump
Dump
14x
truck
truck
Dump
drivers
drivers
truck drivers
2x
2xSupervisors
Supervisors
2x Supervisors 14x
Plant
Overburden/haul road
Coal processing
Dust suppression
Coaling
Maintenance
erburden extraction
10x Heavy
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
3x Loading shovels
2x Water bowser operators
4x Excavators
1x Engineer
Prime movers
Overburden/haul
Overburden/haul
road
Coalroad
processing
Coal processing
Dust suppression
Dust suppressionCoaling
Coaling
Maintenance Maintenance
Overburden extraction
Overburden extraction
Site supervisors
Site supervisors
plant fitters
6x Dump truck drivers
1x Cleaners
x Dump truck drivers
1x Engineer
3x Prime movers3x Prime movers
1x Site manager1x Site manager
Cleaners
14x Dump truck14x
drivers
Dump truck1xdrivers
2x Supervisors 2x Supervisors
Fitters
30x
Engineers
2x
£15million a year
input into the
local economy
maintained
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Plant
10x Heavy
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
3x Loading shovels
3x Loading
2x Water
shovels
bowser
2xoperators
Water bowser operators
4x Excavators 4x Excavators
1x Engineer
plant
fitters
6x Dump truck drivers
6x Dump truck
drivers
1x Cleaners
Apprentices
2x Fitters
1x Electrician
Environmental
improvements
and new wildlife
habitats
Misc
1x Environmental Technician
1x Receptionist
1x Plant Administrator
2x Stores clerks
Labourers
10x
100% coal
transported by
rail from Port
of Blyth
Plant
10x Heavy
plant fitters
HGV Drivers
13x
Over £200K in
business rates
each year
What we’re about
Banks Mining is part of
the Banks Group. At Banks
Mining we design, develop
and operate surface mines
(many of which have been in
Northumberland) providing
coal to help meet our
society’s demand for
energy in a responsible
and considerate way.
Development with care is at the heart of our way of
working, and it’s proven in every one of our projects by
actions, more so than words. Respect and consideration
for your environment, your community and our customers,
employees and suppliers are at the centre of everything
we do.
Your new contact
Barry Grimes
Development Relations
Coordinator
Barry is your new contact in the community as Emily Hunter
is on maternity leave. Barry has already been working for
Banks with communities in Durham and Cumbria for the
past two years. He is excited about getting to know your
community and helping you reap the benefits from our
investment in your area.
You can come and meet Barry at our public exhibition. If
you can’t make it to the exhibition but would like to ask any
questions and share your views, you can write to or email
Barry at the address on the back cover of this newsletter.
We’d love to hear from you.
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Come and
get involved
We look forward to meeting you at our
exhibition and hearing your views and
suggestions on our proposals. If you can’t
make it to our exhibition, or you’d like to get in touch then please write or email:
WRITE: Barry Grimes
Development Relations Coordinator
Banks Mining, Inkerman House,
St John’s Road, Meadowfield,
Durham DH7 8XL
EMAIL:[email protected]
CALL: 0191 378 6100
CLICK: www.banksgroup.co.uk
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