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instead of using locally mined coal from 3 miles away, import it from Sibera, 3,000 miles away, planning conditions on the Ffos-y-Fran mine in South Wales mean that coal has to be transported by rail rather than via local roads, however there is no rail link between the mine and the Brecon Mountain Railway, so the local coal cannot be used, the Siberian coal is shipped to the UK, then moved in containers to Hull, after which it is transported by road to Merthyr Tydfil, so it still arrives by road? planning permission for the mine had stipulated coal could only be transported by rail after residents voiced concerns about noise and dust coming from the mine, but it appears that it is OK if it is in containers, Stephen Tillman, managing director of Miller Argent, the local coal mine operator, said the situation was 'ludicrous, the alternative source is Russia for dry steam coal and, obviously it's travelling huge distances and it's up to 60 times the carbon footprint in terms of travel,' he said, I still do not get it, the imported coal arrives in containers by road, but local coal cannot be put in container and arrive by road? madness, shear madness!