Jobs created as coal producer wins planning approval

ATH Resources, the Yorkshire coal producer and mine operator, announced today that it has secured planning approval for a new Duncanziemuir mine in Ayrshire.

From next year, the Doncaster-based group will mine 0.8m tonnes of coal reserves from the mine over four years, creating 36 jobs.

The Duncanziemuir mine is an extension to the completed Laigh Glenmuir mine which finished coaling in 2009 and will use the existing infrastructure by conveying coal through the Grievehill mine to the group’s railhead at New Cumnock.

Chief executive Tom Allchurch said: “This planning approval is part of ATH Resources’ longer term coal production and employment plans in East Ayrshire, where we have been a major employer for 12 years.

“This mine, which will directly employ 36 people, is an important contributor to the future of the ATH business and the local economy and we are very pleased to be able to continue our operations in this part of East Ayrshire.”