A brooding monument to the industrial greed which destroyed the bay of Portmán The Lavadero Roberto in the town of Portmán, on the coast of the municipality of La Unión, was a mineral extraction and washing facility which in its day was the largest..

Millions of tons of mining waste were dumped in the bay by Peñarroya Although there were undoubtedly prehistoric inhabitants of this area of Murcia, the real history of Portmán dates back 2,000 years to the Roman occupation. Thousands of..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE - The long-awaited bay renovation plans in the Murcia municipality of La Unión have been stalled since 2019 The regeneration of Portmán Bay, in the municipality of La Unión, has been riddled with setbacks since it was stalled..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE - Extensive renovation plans for the bay in the municipality of La Unión have been riddled with setbacks The long-awaited regeneration of Portman Bay, in the municipality of La Unión, which has been stalled since 2019, has hit..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The flags highlight beaches and coastal areas in Spain that are failing in their environmental efforts The Mar Menor and the Sierra Minera-Bahía de Portmán are once again the areas in the Region of Murcia to receive the ‘..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The project in the municipality of La Unión has been put back out to tender The extensive renovation plans for Portmán Bay in the Murcian municipality of La Unión have once again been put out to tender after the latest contract..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The project in La Unión, Murcia, has been stalled since 2019 Plans to renovate and transform Portman Bay, in the municipality of La Unión, have been in the works for some time, but there has been yet another delay as the State..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The Murcia government are investing one million euros into the renovation on Portman bay The regional government has given the green light to a renovation plan for the bay of Portman which aims to radically transform the bay’..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The eco-disaster in Portmán Bay, Murcia, saw tonnes of mineral waste end up in the sea Back in the days of intensive open-cast mining in Portmán Bay, in La Unión, large volumes of mineral waste were dumped into the sea, clogging..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE The intention of the national government is to restore the original coastline of the natural harbour When the contract to partially recover and regenerate the bay of Portmán in the municipality of La Unión was finally awarded..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE Hundreds of fishermen are catching up to 50 kilos each after fish farm cages were damaged two weeks ago The destruction caused by Storm Gloria along the Mediterranean coast of Spain a couple of weeks ago spelled disaster for..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE Work cannot recommence until at least 2021 on the plans to restore at least half of the bay When the contract to partially recover and regenerate the bay of Portmán in the municipality of Mazarrón was finally awarded in 2016..

ARCHIVED ARTICLE Suspicions of heavy metal contamination caused by runoff water from the old mines of Sierra Minera The last few weeks have been depressing ones in respect of the marine environment and dish stocks in the Region of Murcia, with..