PORTMAN BAY AND EL GORGUEL

Lavadero Roberto in Portmán 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..

The ecological disaster of Portmán bayMillions 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..

Portmán Bay regeneration project is back on trackARCHIVED ARTICLE - La Unión residents may finally get their historic port back after decades of contamination The Spanish government has lifted its suspension on the major project to clean up Portmán Bay in La Unión, raising hopes.. 11/02/2026

Wildfire forces closure of road between La Unión and PortmánARCHIVED ARTICLE - Flames started in pine woodland near house and spread rapidly A wildfire scare in Portmán forced the closure of the road to La Unión on Monday afternoon, near the municipal border with Cartagena. Shortly after.. 16/09/2025

Portmán Bay cleanup sparks backlash over scaled-back government planARCHIVED ARTICLE - The Spanish government has decided to seal off the old mining waste rather than remove it A new plan proposed by Spain’s central government to deal with decades of toxic mining waste in Portmán Bay has sparked fierce.. 15/04/2025

Portman Bay development suffers another delay in long-awaited revampARCHIVED ARTICLE - The “next steps” in the plan to rejuvenate the La Unión bay area should be revealed in the next couple of weeks It might be a new year, but it’s the same old problem for the residents of La Unión.. 20/01/2025

Portman Bay regeneration project pushed back to SeptemberARCHIVED ARTICLE - The plans to rejuvenate the La Unión bay area have already been halted several times In yet another disappointment for the residents of La Unión, the renovation of Portmán Bay has been delayed for the umpteenth.. 11/03/2024

ARCHIVED - La Union Council and residents up in arms over plans to reduce Portman Bay regeneration projectARCHIVED 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.. 31/03/2023

ARCHIVED - Portman Bay regeneration project delayed yet again until 2024ARCHIVED 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.. 28/10/2022

ARCHIVED - Ecologists in Action award black flags to the Mar Menor and Portman BayARCHIVED 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.. 14/06/2022

ARCHIVED - Portman Bay regeneration project back at square oneARCHIVED 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..

ARCHIVED - Major setbacks in plan to renovate Portman BayARCHIVED 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.. 21/01/2022

ARCHIVED - New plan to reactivate Portman tourismARCHIVED 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&rsquo.. 26/11/2021

ARCHIVED - Heavy metals found in breast milk from Portman mothersARCHIVED 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.. 08/10/2021

ARCHIVED - Contract for resumption of Portmán bay regeneration to be put out to tender in MayARCHIVED 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.. 29/04/2021

ARCHIVED - Storm Gloria brings sea bass and bream bonanza for anglers in PortmánARCHIVED 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 many.. 05/02/2020

ARCHIVED - No end in sight to delays in the Portmán bay regeneration projectARCHIVED 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.. 04/11/2019

ARCHIVED - Dozens of dead sea bass on the beach of PortmánARCHIVED 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 the.. 29/10/2019