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After 200 years, this coal mine is closing – and it’s England’s last one

Today marks the end of an era, with the closure of England’s last commercial coal mine. The Bradley Mine in County Durham has operated for almost 200 years. But now, after plans to expand the site failed, the open-cast pit that produces 150,000 tonnes of coal a year will close.>>>

Germany is shutting down its coal industry for good, so far without sacking a single worker

Deep underground in Germany’s Ruhr valley, Uwe Seeger plunges a drill into the black earth just as thousands of coal miners in this region have done before him. “My grandpa did it like this, we used it like this to destroy the big stones,” he tells Foreign Correspondent. Black coal>>>

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After 200 years, this coal mine is closing – and it’s England’s last one

Germany is shutting down its coal industry for good, so far without sacking a single worker

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