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.
West Midlands; Herefordshire; Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Warwickshire
Sector
Mining / Quarrying Mining And Quarrying Mining Of Coal And Lignite 05.1 - Mining of hard coal
600 - 650 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 March 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
UK Coal Mine Holdings has announced that it is to close the UK's largest colliery and that up to 650 employess will be made redundant. Daw Mill Colliery which is in Warwickshire began production 47 years ago and is on of the UK's last remaining coal mines. The site had underdone intensive restructuring in 2012, but a fire last month dealt a fatal blow to the continuation of mining at the site. The company announced that some workers may transfer to other sites, but the site would close.
Sources
7 March 2013: BBC Website
7 March 2013: The Times
Citation
Eurofound (2013), UK Coal Mine Holdings, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75064, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75064.
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