Brexit, disputes and the aggregates industry
Commercial disputes are a fact of life for all businesses, including those in the aggregates…
March 9, 2020 By Catherine Mathews
Legal implications of equity-based crowdfunding
As a Lithium exploration company in the UK successfully completes a £1.4 million crowdfunding round,…
December 3, 2019 By Gavin Poole
Quarry extensions
It is common in a minerals context for a mining company to take a lease…
October 9, 2019 By Sam Dunstan
Keeping up with planning rules
The onus is increasingly on developers and planning authorities to consider how proposed projects comply…
February 7, 2019 By Chris Tofts
Compulsory registration of minerals
Mines and minerals can be owned separately from the surface ownership of land. The separation…
January 30, 2019 By Sam Dunstan
Mitigation and screening for appropriate assessment
Proposing development on European Sites already needs to be approached carefully by aggregates businesses. And…
July 16, 2018 By Chris Tofts
Minerals dewatering exemptions to end
The Government has finally moved to withdraw the exemption for minerals operators which meant they…
November 3, 2017 By Chris Tofts
The birds and the bees
In this article we are returning to two topics that have featured in previous articles:…
May 3, 2017 By Simon Trahair-Davies
Don’t fall foul of an environmental fine
Simon Trahair-Davies examines the steady flow of environmental fines that have been levied in the UK…
February 8, 2017 By Simon Trahair-Davies
Laying down the law on backfilling
Two recent cases provide some, if by no means exhaustive, examples for quarry operators considering…
February 8, 2017 By Chris Tofts
KEEPING OUT TRESPASSERS – Summary of Quarry Operators’ Duties
The Pokemon Go craze seems to be subsiding, but during its height some players were…
November 3, 2016 By Simon Trahair-Davies
Mine owners warning after Pokemon Go mine rescue
Stephens Scown's head of mining and minerals has issued a warning to mine owners following…
August 11, 2016 By Simon Trahair-Davies