One man died and another was injured after a roof collapse in a Yorkshire mine in the second tragedy to hit the coal industry in as many weeks
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"This is a recovery worth gunning for," the boss of UK Coal, the last big player in Britain's coal mining industry, declares as the firm swings into profit for the first time in four years... more
Is there really no escape? If you're in the roundly despised but still sizeable minority looking to get away from all the Royal Wedding brouhaha, your options are narrowing all the time... more
UK Coal, Britain's only listed coal miner, rewarded its former boss with a £435,000 pay-off and its directors with bonuses totalling more than £200,000, despite what it called an "unacceptable" and "poor" performance last year... more
The bosses of UK Coal today have their salaries frozen and bonuses cut in response to the death of two miners at two of the firm’s sites last year... more
Shareholders of explorer Tullow Oil were treated to a double boost, sending the shares soaring 77p to 1164p, and making them one of the Footsie 100’s best performers... more
Widening half-year losses - at £81million eight times worse than they were a year ago - are just the prelude to a profitable new era for UK Coal, chief executive Jon Lloyd has promised... more
The City gave an initial lukewarm response to the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report in which he blamed the recession on unprecedented circumstances within the global economy... more
Hovis baker Premier Foods came under intense pressure as it was hit by a fresh wave of speculation that it is in danger of breaching its banking covenants ... more
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