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.
Mining / Quarrying Mining And Quarrying Mining Of Coal And Lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite
240 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2009
Foreseen end date
30 April 2009
Description
Márkushegyi Bánya, a coal mine employing 1400 miners, has terminated the contract of 240 miners from Transylvania. The mine is part of the Vértesi Erőmű, a power and heat producing plant, which belongs to the portfolio of the state owned Hungarian Electricity Works. The mine, located in the coal basin of Oroszlány (Komárom-Esztergom county), entered in operation in 1981, and is the last remaining deep working coal mine in Hungary.
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