In addition to these, construction is set to begin on three new wind farms within the next 18 months: Mill Rig Wind Farm near ...

Former coal miners and their families across Scotland are being offered a new, free service to support them with every aspect ...

OnPath Energy has submitted a scoping report for a yet-to-be-named wind farm northeast of New Cumnock in Ayrshire.

Scottish renewables developer OnPath Energy is inviting a local community to help shape a new wind farm in Cumnock and Doon ...

A Scottish gold mine is to reopen after being bought by a South African mining technology group. Acrux Sorting Technology has taken a majority stake in SGZ Cononish Ltd, the UK-registered company ...

The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, belonging to Norway, is famous for being home to the Global Seed Vault and for having ...

Born into a poor coal mining family in the Scottish seaside town of Methil, Vettriano took up painting after a girlfriend gave him a box of watercolours for his 21st birthday. His 1992 work "The ...

Mr. Vettriano was born Jack Hoggan in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Nov. 17, 1951, and raised in Methil, part of a coal-mining district in County Fife. His father was a miner, and his mother tended to ...

Councillors have delayed making a decision on an appeal to allow the applicant to provide all the required information.

CISWO – the coal mining charity – has expanded its services, launching a new partnership with AtaLoss and Octopus Legacy to offer support for former coalminers and their dependent families.