[nomadking]

Originally Posted by ianch99

This Mirror article tends to disagree with you.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...closed-1844712



It is the jobs lost not the mines closed that is the important metric. You may have small mines that employ a small number of mines for example.

If you are claiming facts, it is very useful to cite your sources. I am afraid "Google is my source" is not good enough

Even with a large reduction in miners, they managed to sustain output levels. A move away from coal for energy generation and cheap imports from Russia and Poland did the rest.


Anyway.

European Union legislators reached agreement in the early hours of Wednesday (19 December) over a proposed reform of electricity market rules that includes a 2025 cut-off date for coal subsidies, and a special clause for Poland.

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Spain’s unprofitable coal mining industry closed down all of its mines on January 1, 2019.