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What do you think about Hemerdon Mine re-opening? Is it good news or bad news? Have your say here.

d.snaith
i live very close to hemerdon mine and go down the woods frequently. me and my mate have found another mine basicly next door we are wondering if you know anything about this

edna
sounds like a loud of power wasting junk to me bbc dudes

Graham
If the mine is opening, can i get a job there?

Hinton J. Sheryn
Very good news for the area, and for mining in the U.K., generally..machine sales,plant-hire, haulage contractors would all benefit.

Steve Jones - Shropshire
I think it is good news in helping the local economy with jobs, suppliers and expenditure it will also raise valuable export revenues. Given the history and diversity of mining in the area it should present few planning issues but it is imperative that once mine workings have ceased that the landscape is returned to its former beauty. This has not happened at the old mine site which I visited recently. Given this newfound interest it is also vitally important to document the old mine before it is bulldosed into landfil and oblivion. Is there such a thing as a 'Friends of Hemerdon' society ?

Aunt bessie
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim Pickering, Canada
Thismust be good news...bringing much needed jobs to Devon.

Well Wisher
Its great news for the local community and will bring prosperity to other business in the area. The people who will sadly loose their houses, would have been more than aware that it was a possibility when they bought their property through the searches done by their solicitor. This re-opening has been on the cards for 40 years. I do not mention this to diminish their loss, but to make clear that it was a consideration before buying in the area. Great news for the people of Devon and the UK

Henderson Mines Research Ltd
We all use and need minerals to succeed and survive in the moden world. In fact, our current level of advancement is based on our clever usage and re-usage of those minerals.The UK tungsten demand at present relies totally on imports. Hemerdon Mine has a proven and viable resource that can not only provide the intire UK requirement, but provide an export trade to other countries.Over the past few years, demand is slowly outstripping supply in both tunsten and tin reserves, driving up the prices of these metals, making the UK mineral resource a viable option.I feel this is a great idea, and wish them every success.

Clive Andrews
Great news,

Tony Brewis
You can only mine minerals where Nature has placed them. With modern methods and technology, this will cause fewer problems locally than people fear and it will create welcome employment. It will help release for the benefit of the local area and the UK as a whole the inherent value currently locked in the ground. Not all profit will go to Australia - local shops will benefit from the pay packets of workers.

James Brown
The price of progress: Crownhill down a natural part of Dartmoor destroyed forever, vibration, noise and dust polution that effects Hemerdon, Sparkwell and the Chaddlewood end of Plympton with the consequential fall in house price, as well as over a dozen families losing their homes all together. The money, that goes to Aus and the couple of land owners who can afford to live any where, whilst the above takes place.

Peter Cousins
Anyone who is opposed to this proposal obviously has never been unemployed or had to suffer the frustration of applying for jobs only to get nowhere (I`ve had interviews cancelled without being notified after I`d left to attend)Good luck to them & to the future of young lads and ladies who now face a better future than relying on seasonal work.

Mr Mrs L J & C Gould
What Water Pollution Safegurds are going to be in place to stop water run off into the sea,or rivers Because Diving is popular around Plymouth Devon

Richard
I welcome the production of metal returning to the UK. It is time that people appreciated the fact that raw materials have to be produced somewhere. It's all very well importing metals, but in the long run, it's better environmentally if we produce and consume locally, and not ship metals halfway across the world to the UK. I don't live in Hemerdon, but I'd happily move there alongside the mine and work there.

Den
Excellent news but let's hope lorries will be kept to an absolute minimum and rail is used as the preferred method of haulage.The site is near the Great Western main line and also sidings at Tavistock Junction, Marshmills.