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Bolsover Colliery Company information


Bolsover Colliery Company
Company typePlc
IndustryMining
Founded1899
Defunct1947 (Nationalised)
FateNationalised
SuccessorNational Coal Board
HeadquartersBolsover, Derbyshire, England
ProductsCoal

The Bolsover Colliery Company was a major mining concern established to extract coal from land owned by the Duke of Portland. At its peak the business was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange.

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