EXTINCTION REBELLION’S pink protest boat “sailed” back out to Wales today to blockade access roads between the Ffos-y-Fran open-cast mine near Merthyr Tydfil and its depot.

Protesters locked themselves to the boat, bringing the company’s lorry traffic to a halt.

In April 2022, Merthyr Tydfil council rejected an application by the company to extend the mine’s licence, but Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd have continued to operate.