Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North East; Tees Valley and Durham;
Location of affected unit(s)
Boulby
Sector
Mining / Quarrying
Mining And Quarrying
Other Mining And Quarrying
08.91 - Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals

125 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Teesside company Cleveland Potash Limited has secured a government grant to support the mining of Polyhalite at its Boulby site. Polyhalite is then used for fertiliser manufacture. The company believes that the grant will secure the long-term future of polyhalite mining at this site and will create an additional 125 jobs directly as well as approximately 265 jobs indirectly. 


Sources

  • 10 April 2014: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Cleveland Potash Limited, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76967, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76967.