Hatfield colliery closure announced

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10 years ago

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-33321874

As above, shaft sinking to commence on Friday 😞. Am I correct in assuming that with Thoresby and Kellingley due to shut as well, that by the year's end there'll be no more deep mines?

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JohnnearCfon
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10 years ago

See Ty Gwyn's thread posted this morning.

Trewillan
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10 years ago

"Ad" wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-33321874

As above, shaft sinking to commence on Friday....

Shaft sinking? Should that read Filling?

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Ah yes - that'll teach me to post before looking!

Re: "sinking" - that'll be me bypassing maturity and passing straight through to senility then :stupid:

Graigfawr
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"Ad" wrote:
Am I correct in assuming that with Thoresby and Kellingley due to shut as well, that by the year's end there'll be no more deep mines?

Except for evaporite mines, some of which exceed the depth of deep coal mines...

tonto125
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10 years ago

Ad,

Wouldn't that be look before posting? lol :D

legendrider
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10 years ago

works both ways!

that will teach me (not to) to post before looking

that will teach me (that its better) to look before posting

:smartass:

Tonto, I hear that they will start to fill the shafts at Hatfield on Friday. I guess access is going to be difficult afterwards.

Bloody shame though, it was only a couple of months ago that Hatfield were looking at finance for developing a new face.

MARK

festina lente[i]

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10 years ago

It is a great shame. I guess they are the victims of a 'perfect storm' so far as the coal market is concerned - declining useage due to power station closures/ environmental levies, surplus production due to the rise in US gas fracking. I work in a building right next to the railway at Gateshead - even the amount of imported coal traffic passing us in recent weeks has dropped to a fraction of what is was a few months ago.
I had been trying to sort out a visit to Hatfield since last November - 'no go' due to the new face coming on stream, then 'no visits until further notice'. It looks like the only way now will be on the back of a lorry load of limestone!

Colin