Mark Drakeford says ministers will work to ensure the land is restored for the local community.
Mr Drakeford said ministers would work to ensure the land was restored so it could be "again used by that local community".
The first minister said the "sad history of Wales" is one of companies "that have extracted wealth from communities walking away when it comes to restoring sites that they have taken things out of in the past".Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesThe proposed extension would have allowed for a further 240,000 tonnes of coal to be extracted
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