LONDON (Alliance News) - Coalfield Resources PLC Thursday said Harworth Estates Property Group, its only significant investment, has not been able to secure an extended wind-down of two of Britain's last remaining deep coal mines operated by UK Coal Production Ltd, after Hargreaves Services PLC o
Read moreCoal mining group Hargreaves Services has pulled out of a plan to help wind down and close rival UK Coal. Hargreaves had proposed to lend £5m as part of a package of private sector help to shut two deep pits at Kellingley, North Yorkshire, and Thoresby in Nottinghamshire. Harworth Estates, the pro
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Hargreaves Services PLC Wednesday said that it will no longer be involved in providing loan finance to UK Coal as part of coal miner's plan to close two of its three remaining deep-pit coal mines. In April, UK Coal confirmed that it plans to close two of its three r
Read moreMining stocks were leading the fallers on Friday on the back of a slump in commodity prices and concerns over a slowdown in China. Iron ore prices were headed for their sixth consecutive monthly decline, the longest losing streak on record, due to rising supplies from Australia and Brazil. Iron o
Read more- Mining stocks lower on iron ore, China concerns - Fenner issues profit warning - M&A continues to boost Smith & Nephew techMARK 2,820.23 +0.39% FTSE 100 6,860.62 -0.16% FTSE 250 16,039.31 +0.53% Weakness in the mining sector dragged the UK stock market from a two-week high on Friday, despite M&A
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Hargreaves Services PLC Friday said profit in its energy and commodities, transport and industrial services units has remained resilient in recent months, but its production unit has continued to struggle and full-year profit in that business will be down. In a trad
Read moreSolid fuel supplier and logistics group Hargreaves Services has said in a pre-close trading update that results from its Production Division will be below expectations. The Production Division produces coal, coke, and smokeless fuel briquettes, and recycles tyres and other end-of-life rubber materi
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