Maltby Main Colliery

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 … Continue reading →