Lodge House mine

{{#badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-UnitedKingdomandcoal}}Lodge House mine is an open cut coal mine near Ilkeston in Derbyshire. The mine is owned and operated by UK Coal.

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The mine has mined a total of 1 million tonnes since 2008 and an approval for a mine expansion allows the mining of another 750,000 until 2015.

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