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The government closed a deal with trade unions to gradually close the coal mines by 2049. In response to demonstrations by environmentalists but at the same time pressed by miners’ underground protests against closures, the government and the unions came to a deal. There will be no compulsory redundancies, with workers moving to mines that remain open until they retire. The first mine will probably already close in 2021.
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