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UPDATE 3-Britain's largest coal mine to close after fire

Thomson ReutersMarch 7, 2013 12:15

* Coalfield Resources says Daw Mill Colliery to close permanently * At least 550 miners at Daw Mill will lose jobs * Second major British coal mine to close in 3 months * Company may divert coal from other mines to supply E.ON * Discussions with government continuing By Brenton Cordeiro and Ankur Banerjee

CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Britain's largest coal mine to close after fire

Thomson ReutersMarch 7, 2013 07:00

(Corrects depth of underground fire in paragraph 3) * Coalfield Resources says Daw Mill Colliery to close permanently * At least 550 miners at Daw Mill will lose jobs * Second major British coal mine to close in 3 months * Company may divert coal from other mines to supply E.ON * Discussions with government continuing By Brenton Cordeiro and Ankur Banerjee

Britain's Coalfield Resources to close Daw Mill mine

Thomson ReutersMarch 7, 2013 04:17

March 7 (Reuters) - Coalfield Resources, Britain's biggest coal miner, said it would close its underground Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire, where the country's worst coal mine fire in 30 years "continues to burn ferociously". "The 650 workforce has already been put at risk of redundancy, although a small, core team will remain on site to safely secure the mine over the coming months," the company, formerly known as UK Coal Plc, said in a statement.

UPDATE 2-UK Daw Mill coal mine operator warns on fire impact

Thomson ReutersFebruary 25, 2013 06:31

* CEO says Daw Mill unlikely to re-open * Mine was already under threat of closure * UK Coal to meet energy ministry this week By Brenton Cordeiro and John McGarrity LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A major fire at its Daw Mill Colliery could threaten the viability of operator UK Coal, its chief executive warned on Monday, hitting shares in listed shareholder Coalfield Resources.

Fire raises questions about future of Daw Mill coal mine

Thomson ReutersFebruary 25, 2013 04:00

Feb 25 (Reuters) - A fire has closed the underground Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire for many months, said Coalfield Resources, Britain's biggest coal miner, raising questions about the future of the mine. Coalfield shares ownership of the mine with the UK Coal Employee Benefit Trust, which was formed as part of a break-up of UK Coal.