UK – Maltby Colliery – 500 jobs at risk

Maltby Colliery – one of the south Yorkshire pits that saw picketing violence during the 1980s miners’ strike and one of the UK’s last remaining deep coal mines – is to be mothballed by its owner, industrial materials group Hargreaves Services.

The move, which puts 500 jobs at the 100-year-old pit at risk, comes after the company said that the site was no longer “viable on health and safety, geological, and financial grounds” and follows a company consultation about its future that was launched last month…

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