Miners reject plans to close Kellingley Colliery
Energy Minister Michael Fallon announced last week that a £10m loan, alongside £10m from the private sector, would support the “managed closure” of the pit, which employs 700 workers, along with another at Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, which employs 1,300 people.
But representatives from the National Union of Mineworkers rejected the offer and called on the government to look at alternative options to keep the pit open as a “going concern” at a meeting last night.
UK Coal, who run both sites, claimed last week that the pits could close within ten days if the deal wasn’t agreed.