Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber; East Riding and North Lincolnshire; East Riding of Yorkshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Selby
Sector
Mining / Quarrying
Mining And Quarrying
Mining Of Coal And Lignite
05 - Mining of coal and lignite

1,500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 March 2004
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2004
Foreseen end date

Description

UK Coal is to close its 'super-pit' at Selby in the summer of 2004. The chief executive, Gordon MacPhie warned that further closures of deep mines could lay ahead if EU directives reducing sulphur emissions were implemented. The closure of the Selby plant amounts to 1,500 job losses and this would reduce the number of deep mines to only eight across the country.


Sources

  • 5 March 2004: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2004), UK Coal, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59548, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59548.