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Coal sector crisis continues as latest early plant closure confirmed

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 09 February 2016 •
Coal sector crisis continues as latest early plant closure confirmed

Rugeley, one of the UK's largest coal-fired power stations, is to close in early summer in response to 'deterioration in market conditions'

Rugeley power station in Staffordshire has become the second coal-fired power station in less than a week to announce its early closure as the crisis in the coal sector deepens. Low commodity prices...

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