The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
East Midlands; Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; North Nottinghamshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Harworth
Sector
Mining / Quarrying Mining And Quarrying Mining Of Coal And Lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite
460 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 July 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
UK Coal has blamed geological difficulties for its decision to halt production at the Harworth colliery in Nottinghamshire, which employs 460 workers. Harworth is one of a handful of deep mines remaining in Britain and it is to be mothballed once the current coalface is worked out.
UK Coal said that it was offering jobs at other pits to the Harworth workforce and was looking at the feasibility of working another seam from the site. 'There will not be compulsory redundancies, there are jobs at other collieries. We are trying to keep the skills in the industry.'
Sources
21 July 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), UK Coal, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61946, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61946.
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