UK Coal Mine Holdings

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire; Warwickshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Warwickshire
Sector
Mining / Quarrying
05 - Mining of coal and lignite
05.1 - Mining of hard coal
05.1 - Mining of hard coal
600 - 650 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
7 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 March 2013
Foreseen end date

Description

UK Coal Mine Holdings has announced that it is to close the UK's largest colliery and that up to 650 employess will be made redundant.  Daw Mill Colliery which is in Warwickshire began production 47 years ago and is on of the UK's last remaining coal mines.  The site had underdone intensive restructuring in 2012, but a fire last month dealt a fatal blow to the continuation of mining at the site.  The company announced that some workers may transfer to other sites, but the site would close. 

Sources

  • 7 March 2013: BBC Website
  • 7 March 2013: The Times

Citation

Eurofound (2013), UK Coal Mine Holdings, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75064, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75064.