Celebration as tin mine reopens

London - Miners from around the world have been applying for jobs at west Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine which reopened yesterday…

London - Miners from around the world have been applying for jobs at west Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine which reopened yesterday, 10 months after closure with the loss of 300 jobs.

The new owner of the 2,600 foot deep pit near Redruth, aWelsh mining entrepreneur, Mr Wilf Hughes, said he had received job applications from as far afield as Brazil and South Africa.