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Line 21: In total, over 8% of [[Coal mining in the United Kingdom\|British coal output]] comes from the Shotton site.<ref name="Guardian"/> The mine produced over one million tonnes of coal in 2014 and employs around 150 people.<ref name="Million">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/banks-mining-lift-one-million-8081634\|title=Banks Mining lift one million tonnes of coal from Shotton surface mine\|newspaper=The Journal\|date=10 November 2014\|accessdate=26 July 2016\|author=Tom Keighley}}</ref> These jobs are temporary,<ref name="Guardian"/> although when the mine closes some former employees will be transferred to Banks' new site at Highthorn, near [[Druridge Bay]].<ref name="Highthorn">{{cite news\|url=http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/opencast-mine-plan-unveiled-1-5865800\|title=Opencast mine plan unveiled\|date=18 July 2013\|accessdate=27 July 2016\|newspaper=Northumberland Gazette}}</ref> The land on which the mine was developed is owned by science writer and [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[~~life~~hereditary peer]] [[Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley]], who is a prominent [[Climate change denial\|climate change sceptic]].<ref name="Guardian"/> As a result, the site has been protested by the "Keep it in the Ground" [[fossil fuel divestment]] campaign, who picketed the site and halted operations for the day on 26 October 2015.<ref name="Guardian"/> Royalties from the site go to the Government, but the Blagdon Estate receives a [[way leave#Wayleave\|way leave]] payment estimated at between three and four million pounds.<ref name="Guardian"/> [[File:Northumberlandia 001 (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|left\|Northumberlandia under construction, showing the [[Spoil tip\|spoil]] beneath the surface]] Over 1.5 million tonnes of waste material from the site was used to build the [[Northumberlandia]] sculpture on an adjoining site.<ref>{{Cite web\| title = Work begins on 'Goddess of the North' in Northumberland\| publisher = BBC News website \| date = 8 April 2010 \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8608779.stm \| accessdate = 26 July 2016}}</ref> Northumberlandia, which takes the form of a naked reclining female figure, was constructed as [[planning gain]] by the [[Banks Group]] to allow development of the Shotton site, and was opened as a public park in 2012.<ref name="cramlington">{{cite news\|title=Northumberlandia: The naked lady of Cramlington\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-19396755\|accessdate=26 July 2016\|newspaper=BBC News \|date=1 September 2012}}</ref>

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