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Post by logpedia on Apr 12, 2014 2:56:13 GMT -5
Britain will give UK Coal a 10 million pound loan to help fund the closure over the next 18 months of its two deep mines which employ around 1,300 people, the government said on Thursday. DETAILS
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Post by dazbt on Jun 12, 2014 2:16:19 GMT -5
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Post by tygwyn on Jun 12, 2014 16:48:34 GMT -5
Maybe they did`nt get the opencasts they wanted?
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Post by dazbt on Jun 13, 2014 2:17:01 GMT -5
Maybe they did`nt get the opencasts they wanted? Chicken or the egg Jim .......... not to mention senior resignations within, "Oh what a tangled web they weave when first they practice to deceive" www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11275193._/
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Post by rob52 on Jun 16, 2014 5:36:20 GMT -5
The northern echo.co.uk 21May 2014 Staged Closures 21st May 2014 - Coal still has a future, says mining group " Britain's historic deep coal mining industry is in its final year, after the Government last month decided there was no case for investment to keep two of the last three sites open in the long term. Ministers have agreed to the "managed closure" of the mines at Kellingley, in North Yorkshire, and Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire. The sites, operated by Britain's largest coal producer, UK Coal, are to be wound down by autumn next year. " Rob
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