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UK Coal Production Ltd, formerly UK Coal plc, is the largest coal mining business in the United Kingdom. The company is based in Harworth, in Nottinghamshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On Monday 12 December 2012 UK Coal plc completed 〔(【引用サイトリンク】UK Coal PLC – Completion of Restructuring )〕 a complex financial restructuring of the company to secure its future and changed its name to Coalfield Resources plc. The Company's operations had been restructured into two separate businesses: the Mining Division (under UK Coal Mine Holdings Limited ("Mine Holdings")) and the Property Division (under Harworth Estates Property Group Limited ("Harworth Estates")). Control of the Mining Division had passed to an Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") which holds shares representing 67 per cent of the voting, and 10 per cent of the economic rights in Mine Holdings for the benefit of current and future employees of the Mining Division. The Company retained the remainder of Mine Holdings's economic and voting rights, but the shareholdings rank behind pension fund debt.〔 On 9 July 2013 following a devastating fire, their largest mine, Daw Mill, was forced into closure. As a direct result both UK Coal Mine Holdings Ltd (UKCMHL) and UK Coal Operations Ltd (UKCOL) were put into administration and the remaining operations were again restructured, resulting in the formation of a new business "UK Coal Production Ltd". The company owns 24.9 per cent of Harworth Estates, with 75.1 per cent having passed to EBT in return for a £30 million cash injection and their financial support to the mines. As a result of the restructure, Coalfield Resources (CFR) retained only a minority interest in UK Coal Mine Holdings Limited. CFR ceased to be responsible for running the mines, limiting its involvement to a governance role alongside the Employee Benefit Trust which controlled the mining operation. ==History== The predecessor company was founded by Richard J. Budge in 1974 as ''RJB Mining''. In 1994, following the privatisation of the UK mining industry, it grew fivefold with the acquisition of British Coal's core activities.〔(UK Coal: History )〕 It changed its name to UK Coal in 2001 after the retirement of its founder, having acquired UK Coal plc. In 2012, UK Coal were fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a death of a miner. The miner died after equipment fell on him at the Kellingley Colliery. This marks the third death at the site in four years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UK Coal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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