Glentaggart - Open cast coal mine

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Name: Glentaggart
Location: South Lanarkshire
Size: 200,000 tonnes per year
Company: Scottish Coal Co Ltd
Planning Reference:CL/08/0481(extension approved 5.1.09)
Comments: Employs around 37 staff and outputs approximately 200,000 tonnes of coal per year. An extension was recently approved. The coal moving conveyor belt system at this site is one of the largest conveyor systems in Europe and stretches for over 6.5km. Claimed to have reduced the number of vehicle trips by over 30,000/year. The coal is loaded onto the conveyor at the mine and then transported to a terminal at Midrig where it is loaded on to HGVs and transported to the Ravenstruther Coal Rail Terminal
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Coordinates:   55°31'13"N   3°53'13"W
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