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.
Wales; Mid and South West Wales; Neath Port Talbot
Location of affected unit(s)
Neath
Sector
Mining / Quarrying 05 - Mining of coal and lignite 05.1 - Mining of hard coal 05.1 - Mining of hard coal
181 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Coal mine operator Unity Mine has reported to make 181 staff redundant in its mine near Neath, Wales. The announcement was made after the mine had entered into administration three weeks ago.
About 30 staff will be kept to maintain the mine, while administrators stated that they had received a significant number of inquiries from potential investors.
Sources
31 October 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Unity Mine, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76118, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76118.
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