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RJB Mining is to change its name to UK Coal and is looking to obtain additional aid from the government's State Coal Aid scheme. 16-May-2001 RJB Mining has announced plans to build a 64-acre business park at the former Denby Hall colliery near Ripley, which could create 500 jobs. 25-Apr-2001 RJB Mining has won a five year contract to supply up to 5m tonnes of coal to British Energy's Eggborough power station. 14-Mar-2001 RJB Mining is to submit a revised planning application to extract 580,000 tonnes of coal and 180,000 tonnes of fireclay from an opencast site at Brusselton near Darlington. 15-Jan-2001 RJB Mining is considering plans to revive the Thorne colliery near Doncaster with the creation of hundreds of jobs, and has also identified 450m tonnes of coal reserves at Witham on the Nottinghamshire border. 02-Jan-2001 RJB Mining has received a takeover approach from Renco, the US industrial conglomerate. 14-Aug-2000 RJB Mining is looking to recruit 150 ex-mineworkers for collieries in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East. 11-Aug-2000 RJB Mining is planning to build a £30m power generation plant at Malty colliery near Rotherham, fuelled by coal slurry and waste methane gas extracted from the mine. 31-Jul-2000 RJB Mining has received a preliminary bid approach from an unnamed company that is said to be interested in its mining assets, which could lead to its land bank being sold off to a property company. 15-Jun-2000 RJB Mining has announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its collieries, following the recent rise in world coal prices. 12-Jun-2000 RJB Mining has won a £700m contract from AES to supply coal to the Drax power station in Yorkshire, which will secure 2,500 jobs at its Selby coalfield. 01-Jun-2000 RJB Mining is to mine 7m tonnes of coal between Thoresby Colliery and the former Ollerton pit in Nottinghamshire from 2003, creating work for 550 miners. 23-May-2000 RJB Mining has submitted plans to South Derbyshire District Council for the development of a hotel, golf course and business park at a former opencast mine in Swadlincote. 16-May-2000 RJB Mining is said to have secured a deal to sell 6m tonnes of coal a year to the Drax power station in Yorkshire, provided that the sale price is subsidised by the government to make it competitive with imported coal. 23-Mar-2000 RJB Mining is seeking £70m in government aid in order to prevent the closure of further coal mines such as the Ellington colliery near Morpeth. 16-Feb-2000 RJB Mining is in discussions with Sandhurst Assets Corporation of the US about the possibility of selling its Ellington coal mine, and the output would be exported to Yugoslavia and Africa. 12-Nov-1999 RJB Mining is planning to close the Ellington Colliery near Morpeth with the loss of up to 400 jobs, due to a decline in coal face conditions. 02-Nov-1999 RJB Mining is to close the Clipstone Colliery in Nottinghamshire next year with the loss of up to 170 jobs. 10-Sep-1999 RJB Mining has submitted plans to mine up to 320,000 tonnes of coal at a former colliery site at Shipley West near Ilkeston, with the creation of 30 jobs. 10-Aug-1999 RJB Mining is to cut 300 jobs at its Selby complex in Yorkshire, and two coal faces will be operated instead of the current three. 29-Jul-1999 RJB Mining has won a contract to supply 1m tonnes of coal a year to aluminium smelting company Alcan, and the coal will be sourced from mines in Yorkshire. 06-Jul-1999 RJB Mining is to shed jobs 120 jobs at its Selby coalfield, as part of a national plan to cut its workforce and improve efficiency. 20-May-1999 RJB Mining has secured a four-year agreement worth up to £800m to supply coal to National Power, which should help to secure its future for the next few years. 14-Apr-1999 RJB Mining is to shed 200 jobs at the Calverton colliery in Nottinghamshire as it is no longer considered viable. 10-Apr-1999 RJB Mining has launched a £5m takeover bid for CIM Resources, the Australian coal mining company, as part of a strategy to expand into other countries. 30-Mar-1999 RJB Mining has submitted plans to extend its Hicks Lodge opencast coal mine in Leicestershire. 10-Mar-1999 RJB Mining is considering plans to acquire coal mines overseas in order to reduce its dependence on the UK. 15-Feb-1999 RJB Mining has won a contract worth up to £1bn to supply coal to PowerGen. 17-Dec-1998 RJB Mining has won a £1.4bn contract to supply 50m tonnes of coal to Eastern Group. 01-Dec-1998 RJB Mining has submitted plans to reclaim two derelict pits on the edge of Sheffield at a cost of £5m, and 35 jobs will be created. 16-Nov-1998 RJB Mining has denied suggestions that it may have to close some of its 15 deep coal mines unless it can agree satisfactory supply terms with the big fossil fuel generators. 16-Oct-1998 RJB Mining is asking the European Commission to prevent the merger of two companies to create a single German coal mining group called Deutsche Steinkohle, as it is concerned about hidden subsidies in the deal. 20-May-1998 RJB Mining is demanding that Germany agrees to buy 5m tonnes of UK coal, to compensate for it being locked out of the German market because of subsidies provided to local German producers. 17-Mar-1998 RJB Mining has sold its Blenkinsopp colliery in Northumberland back to management but will continue to sell its 200,000 tonnes-a-year output. 10-Jan-1998 Eastern Group is offering to buy extra coal for every new customer it gains for its electricity package, in a link-up with RJB Mining that is aimed at saving mining jobs. 07-Jan-1998 National Power, PowerGen and Eastern Group have agreed to buy up to 1.8m tonnes of coal from RJB Mining between April and June next year, following discussions with the government aimed at saving miners' jobs. 16-Dec-1997 The government has promised that a deal will be reached between RJB Mining and the big three electricity generators in order to prevent the closure of RJB's coal mines for at least 6 months. 11-Dec-1997 RJB Mining is expected to close a large number of pits as it now expects next year's coal sales to fall from 30m tonnes to 20m tonnes, having agreed a reduced contract to supply National Power. 27-Nov-1997 RJB Mining has won a contract to supply 4m tonnes of coal a year to Eastern, part of the Energy Group, at an undisclosed price. 15-Nov-1997 RJB Mining has suspended development work at the Maltby colliery in south Yorkshire, due to uncertainty over new coal contracts. 13-Nov-1997 CIM Resources, the Australian affiliate of RJB Mining, has had plans to acquire Exxon's Australian coalfields rejected by some of its shareholders, although RJB could still go-ahead with the deal. 31-Oct-1997 PowerGen is to close one of the four generating units at its coal-fired power station in Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, which is seen as another blow to RJB Mining, the coal producer. 25-Sep-1997 RJB Mining is closing the Asfordby colliery in Leicestershire due to geological problems, with the loss of up to 500 jobs. 19-Aug-1997 RJB Mining is linking up with National Power to develop a clean coal-fired power station in Yorkshire, assuming positive results from a feasibility study. 08-Apr-1997 RJB Mining is planning to build a 200MW-500MW coal-fired power station to utilise output from its Yorkshire coalfields. 11-Feb-1997 RJB Mining has warned that 8,000 coal mining jobs are at risk because of Environment Agency limits on the emissions of sulphur from power stations. 01-Feb-1997 RJB Mining has warned that its coal prices may have to be cut in order to compete with cheap US imports. 11-Dec-1996 RJB Mining is planning to spend £300m developing a deep coal mine in Nottinghamshire, which will produce 3m tonnes of coal a year and employ 300 people. 10-Sep-1996 RJB Mining is extending the operating licence for its Rossington colliery in South Yorkshire from 10 to 25 years, thus securing the future of its 320 miners. 22-Jul-1996 RJB Mining has applied for council permission to open an open-cast 1.6m tonne coal mine at North Walbottle near Newcastle upon Tyne, which would create 70 jobs. 19-Jul-1996 RJB Mining is acquiring up to 43% of CIM Resources, the Australian coal and resources company, for £72m, in its first move abroad. 22-May-1996 RJB Mining, the coal company, is planning a £200m drive to cut costs by 5% in order to help it win new contracts with power generators. 20-May-1996 RJB Mining, the coal company which bought British Coal's English mines, is buying back £100m of shares following a surge in profits. 29-Mar-1996 RJB Mining is planning to replace a long coal face at the Asfordby colliery with two shorter ones in order to get round major geological problems and save the pit from closure. 01-Mar-1996 RJB Mining, the coal producer, is to campaign the electricity industry regulator for reforms to the operation of the electricity pool to stop the alleged bias against the use of coal. 26-Feb-1996 RJB Mining has won a £5m contract to supply coal to 16 local authorities in the North and the Midlands. 20-Feb-1996
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