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Mining / Quarrying 05 - Mining of coal and lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
15 September 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Societatea Naţională a Lignitului Oltenia, a lignite mining company, announced the dismissal of 600 employees to take place in Târgu Jiu this Autumn. The measure is part of the larger closure of the company's lignite mining units by 2012. Presently, the company has approximately 9,000 employees.
Sources
2 September 2009: Economistul
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Societatea Naţională a Lignitului Oltenia, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 69599, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69599.