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Two deep pits at Kellingley, North Yorkshire, and Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, are to close in 2015
Two deep pits at Kellingley, North Yorkshire, and Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, are to close in 2015 with the loss of 1,300 jobs after the UK government announced plans to loan UK Coal £10mn for ‘managed closure’. According to Business Minister Michael Fallon, the taxpayer would face ‘significant losses and liabilities’ if UK Coal went into immediate insolvency.
The UK’s four coal unions – the NUM, BACM-TEAM, NACODS and GMB – welcomed the announcement that around three-quarters of the jobs at the two mines would be secure for another year. However, they expressed disappointment at the decision to axe 340 jobs immediately, as well as the government’s refusal to apply to Europe for permission to use state aid to keep the mines open until at least 2018.
