Ministers have refused to intervene to block controversial plans to almost double the size of Scotland's largest superquarry at Glensanda, near Oban.
Subject to final legal negotiations, the expansion now looks set to go ahead.
Residents furious at �government of cowards�
Ministers have refused to intervene to block controversial plans to almost double the size of Scotland's largest superquarry at Glensanda, near Oban.
Subject to final legal negotiations, the expansion now looks set to go ahead.